Back in 2018, rumors started that Bollywood actress Esha Gupta met Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya at a party, and the sudden meeting translated into a relationship. Since then, the actress hasn’t reacted to the speculations. In a recent interview with Siddarth Kannan, Esha Gupta has set the record straight by revealing that she and Hardik never dated.
Esha Gupta said, “Yeah, for some time we were talking. I don’t think we were dating, but yeah, we were talking for a couple of months. We were at that ‘maybe it will happen, maybe it won’t’ stage. It ended before we even reached the dating stage. So it wasn’t dating-dating. We met once or twice. That’s it. So yeah, as I said, it was a couple of months, and then it ended.”
The Rustom actress shared that timing and compatibility were the main reasons she hasn’t been in a serious relationship. In 2019, when Hardik Pandya received backlash for his controversial remarks on Koffee With Karan, Esha Gupta openly criticized the episode for its misogynistic tone.
Esha Gupta mentioned that the controversy didn’t bother her, as she was no longer communicating with the cricketer at the time. For those unaware, Esha played a small cameo in the Telugu action drama Vinaya Vidheya Rama. She danced alongside Charan in an energetic dance number titled ‘Ek Baar.