Exclusive- Bigg Boss 18 contestant Hema Sharma's estranged husband Gaurav Saxena reveals he had paid for her reality show's entry; says 'I paid Rs 3.5 Lakhs for her...'

Hema Sharma became the first contestant to get evicted from Bigg Boss 18. Her estranged husband, Gaurav Saxena, who is based in Uganda, accused the actress of demanding a flat worth Rs 2.5 cr, registering fake cases against him, and more. Gaurav even opened up in an exclusive conversation with Times Of India TV about how Hema bagged Bigg Boss and the price he paid for her reality show's entry.

When asked whether Gaurav was aware of Hema's Bigg Boss stint he said, "Hema was trying for Bigg Boss for the past 2 years and last year she told me that she has found a PR company which is charging her Rs 3.5 Lakhs and they guarantee that with their spotting and PR plan, she will bag Bigg Boss. It didn't even take me 3 minutes and I told her that I would give the money. I had paid the money to someone named Rahul Parihar. The only thing I asked her was if she was sure she would get the show with this, as per my understanding you need to do something worthy of the show to be a part of it. But she was confident so I paid the amount. She had tried for season 17, then Bigg Boss OTT 3 and then when it didn't happen she had slammed the contestants in her vlog."

Gaurav further shared his reaction to Hema entering the Bigg Boss house and leaving his 2-year-old child, he said, "I was totally surprised when I came to know. I was in Uganda and I saw she got the show. My son is still on mom's feed how can she leave the child without giving the handover to the proper person? I am the father and I am still handling everything for them."

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Gaurav quipped, "Hema had filed a complaint against me before entering the house that I would come from Africa and kidnap my child. I contacted my lawyer to understand what she had done and I came to know about the complaint. I saw my son through the gate and then inquired about him from the neighbours that is when I came to know Hema's mother and her maid were taking care of the kids. And when I had married her, she had told me that she was in no contact with her family so I have never met Hema's mother."

Gaurav further shared how Hema's mother was mistreating his son and how they used him for Hema's vote appeal for the show. He said, "They made that small child distribute pamphlets to everyone and do a vote appeal for Hema. Is this what you do with your kids? Use them for social media popularity like this?"



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