Avika Gor has often been rumored to be dating her Sasural Simar Ka co-star Manish Raisinghan. And their on-screen chemistry had us drooling for the longest time. Of late rumor mills were buzzing with reports of them having a secret child and it has left everyone shocked.

Now Jayati Bhatia had taken to her social media to squash rumours of Avika Gor and Manish Raisinghan having a secret child. Sharing a screenshot of the report and wrote,  “Duniya mein paaglon ki kami nahi hai… Story bannaney ke liye kuchh bhi story banaatey hain (There is no dearth of crazy people in the world. To make a story, these people will say anything)… Rubbish story.” Take a look:

Meanwhile, Manish Raisinghan had also dismissed these rumours and pointed out their age gap. In an interview with ETimes, “This is one of the most absurd things I have ever heard about my friendship with Avika. Why can’t two individuals be good friends? Why do they have to be in a relationship? Also, it’s a fact that I am 18 years older than her.”

He had further added, “Avika will always be a close friend. She is in a happy relationship now with Milind Chandwani and it has been more than a year since I got married in June 2020. Sangeita and I laughed about these rumours.”

Earlier Avika had also addressed these rumours and called it absurd. While speaking to RJ Siddharth Kannan, Avika had stated,”It’s impossible! No way! There were articles like humne bachcha chhupa ke rakha hai (we have a secret child). We are very close, even now. He’ll always have a very space in my life. In my journey from the age of 13 till now, he has been the closest friend that I’ve ever had.”

She had further added, “I’ve learned so much from him. He’s 18 years elder to me, by the way. When I saw how he keeps the child within him alive, it is a big thing to learn. Even now when people ask me if anything was happening between us, I’m like ‘yaar, mere papa se thoda chhota hai woh (he’s almost my father’s age).”