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For years, Imran Khan has openly spoken about his struggles with mental healtha challenge that ultimately led him to step away from films. And now, in a new interview, he revealed that his daughter, Imara, and his partner, Lekha Washington, have been “crucial to his healing.” Reflecting on his life after divorcing ex-wife Avantika Malik in 2019 and finding love again with Lekha, he described the experience as “empowering, uplifting, and a two-way thing.”
Imran shared with NDTV, “To be loved by someone truly gives you strength and heals you. To give love truthfully and selflessly to another also is empowering and healing. And I have found this, in between my daughter and my partner Lekha, to give and to receive love. It has been absolutely crucial to my healing and to my own growth and well-being.” He also emphasised how therapy has played a pivotal role in his recovery.
“The last few years in particular, every year has been better than the last. The last five-six years have been just better and better. And the last couple of years have kind of coincided with me feeling very settled within myself and feeling a desire to work,” he said, highlighting the progress he has made both personally and professionally.
Fatherhood, he added, has been a transformative experience. Following Imara’s birth, he took a step back from work to devote himself fully to her upbringing. “I put her to bed. I would feed her. Even now, I just got back from picking her up from school. So I do all of that stuff. Because it gives me great joy and a sense of purpose and value. And it seems, by and large, to me to be the best use of my time.”
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In the same conversation, he also elaborated on the difficulty of balancing work commitments with parenting. “It means that then I would miss a day with her. Basically, it takes a lot to get me to give up on that. Even this past year, while I was making Adhoore Hum, Adhoore Tum, it was about a three-month shoot. And, wherever I could, I would try to adjust my dates and my timings to not miss time with her.”
Previously, he addressed public speculation about his health on social media. As he gained weight and appeared in paparazzi photographs, rumors swirled that he was using drugs. In an Instagram post, he wrote, “When I was photographed, it sparked a media discussion about my wellbeing, and speculations of drug abuse! I felt deeply ashamed, embarrassed to be seen by anyone in this state. So I retreated further;” he continued, “It’s been an uphill journey, but these days I’m doing better than ever; I exercise with my old friend @tokastraining who puts my health first and only feeds me supplements like walnuts and turmeric… seriously. And while I’m still a tad jealous of those dudes with superhero muscles… I don’t feel bad about myself.”
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Imran will be next seen in Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos, slated for a release this Friday.
