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 both Manish and Avika shocked.

Now in an interview with ETimes, Manish had addressed these rumors and laughed it off. He had stated, “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.”

 

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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.”

 

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Earlier Avika had squashed off these rumors and 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.”

 

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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).”