Actor Payal Ghosh's claims on former cricketers Irfan Pathan, Gautam Gambhir

Actor Payal Ghosh created a stir by calling cricketer Irfan Pathan her ex-boyfriend and claiming Gautam Gambhir and Akshay Kumar were after her. Ghosh had previously accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of rape.

In Short

• Actor Payal Ghosh claims to have been in a relationship with cricketer Irfan Pathan for 5 years.
• She also claimed that Akshay Kumar and Gautam Gambhir were after her.
• Ghosh had previously accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual misconduct.

Actor Payal Ghosh has made some sensational claims. Ghosh, who has appeared in a few Tamil and Hindi films, claimed that she has been in a relationship with cricketer Irfan Pathan. That’s not all, she also wrote on her profile on X that Gautam Gambhir regularly gave her missed calls while she was with Pathan and that he was also aware of it.

PAYAL GHOSH CLAIMS SHE DATED IRFAN PATHAN

Payal Ghosh took to her X profile to share a throwback picture with Irfan Pathan. She then went on to claim that they were in a relationship. She wrote, “After we broke up... I fell ill... I couldn’t work for years... but he was the only guy whom I loved... after that I never loved anybody (sic).”

Here’s the tweet:

PAYAL SAYS GAUTAM GAMBHIR, AKSHAY KUMAR WERE AFTER HER

It all started when Ghosh jokingly said that she wants to marry Mohammad Shami. She then said that it was just a joke and the one true love of her life has been Irfan Pathan, who she has dated for 5 years. She wrote in Hindi, “Gautam Gambhir and Akshay Kumar were after me, but I only loved Irfan Pathan. I would talk about everyone to Irfan and also show him the missed calls I would receive from them.”

Payal had also claimed that Anurag Kashyap had raped her. She mentioned that once again. Saying that Kashyap is not even equivalent to Kumar’s ‘jooti’, she added, “Akshay Kumar never misbehaved with me, even though he was a big star. I will always respect him for that. (sic)”

She also claimed that Gautam Gambhir would regularly give her missed calls.

WHEN PAYAL GHOSH ACCUSED ANURAG KASHYAP OF RAPING HER

Actress Payal Ghosh accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual misconduct. In her latest tweet, she wrote that Anurag forced himself onto her. Now, in an exclusive conversation with India Today, Payal maintains that Anurag misbehaved with her but she doesn't have any proof as the incident happened at the end of 2014. Payal said that Anurag was shooting for Bombay Velvet at the time the incident happened.

She had also involved Richa Chadha, who later sued her, and Ghosh had to tender an unconditional apology.

Payal made her Bollywood debut with ‘Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi’, alongside Rishi Kapoor and Paresh Rawal. She was also seen in television show ‘Saath Nibhaana Saathiya’.

Published By:
Zinia Bandyopadhyay
Published On:
Dec 1, 2023