From troubled childhood, her parents' separation to having a half-sister; Reem Shaikh and her mother make shocking personal revelations

Yes, my parents are divorced. I am confirming all the speculations, you all can stop talking about it and stop gossiping about why did she unfollow and all. It has been a good 4 years since my parents were separated. We are over it, everybody is over it but people are not. They keep talking about it.

I have a half-sister and this is such a huge mystery on social media. So many pages keep commenting that who is that girl who is seen with Reem and her mother so let me tell you all, she is my half-sister and she is an air hostess. She is more than my sister, people keep making up stories so here I am saying, she is my sister.

Not only trolling me, but they keep trolling my mother as well for no reason. People have commented 'Why are you wearing Reem's dress?', 'aapko sharam nahi aati apni beti ke kapde pehen ke ghum rahe ho,' and so many such things. We are of the same height and same body type, so why can't we share each other's clothes? Do people have that much time to notice all this, now we laugh about it but initially I used to get really angry at such things.

The way my mother has sacrificed for me all these years is one thing that I will always hold as a regret that I realised very late. But when I did, I was shattered into so many pieces. From that day, I decided to give everything in my capacity to give her a better life. Make sure that she is happy and treated the way she deserves to be.

A lot of people were against it, my family didn't speak to me for the initial 5 years. Then after Reem grew up and started doing TV shows, when they saw her that is when they started speaking to me. I regret those years, I didn't attend my brothers' weddings. I really feel I could have gone for those happy moments.

I was a very scared child, I call myself that 'Taare Zameen' ka baccha. For many years people thought I was arrogant but the reality was that I couldn't talk at all. I could face people. A lot has to do with what I saw in my house. I experienced violence, and just like the world, if your home is also loud and angry they don't have a safe space. You become that child who is scared of everything and everyone. For me to talk to someone, has taken so much strength and the fight with myself.

My parent's separation made me realise what has actually happened and what the situation was. That day, overnight I became an adult. I would witness loud noises, angry faces and that aggressive energy. As a child, it was all about energy and I had adapted to a lot of it. I started having that I had anger in me and that whole aggression.