 "When Aishwarya Rai allegedly married a tree before tying the knot with Abhishek Bachchan to 'drive away bad omen' amid their divorce rumours")
While rumours of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan’s divorce have been grabbing the headlines for quite some time, the speculations garnered limelight after none of the Bachchan family members wished Ash on her birthday, which was on 1st November. The couple did make an appearance together at daughter Aaradhya’s annual function.
There were rumours that the Khakee actress was asked to marry a tree before tying the knot with Abhishek Bachchan to ‘drive away bad omen’ amid their divorce rumours. Rai rubbished the reports by saying, “Some of (the furore) was expected, but some of it we didn’t even dream (of). There were a couple of incidents, but why give it any more attention.”
She added, “Yes, there was so much of that. I just thought it was so unnecessary. To dedicate the kind of prime time, the kind of newsprint, the kind of magazine cover stories for all of that was very unnecessary. The wonderful part was that as a family, we are solid. We are all in the public eye, and we have ample opportunity to voice ourselves, but instead of adding to the din, we decided to have the father of the family… Paa did meet the media at a very decided point in time way after the wedding, and answered all the queries.”
“It’s shocking. While we would like to imagine that it is a passing phase, it gets logged. And I recognised it at times when you get to travel abroad, of which there is an ample opportunity… So, you’re constantly interacting with international media, and when they start wondering at the sheer ludicrous nature of everything, like, ‘You got married to a tree, and you have this huge curse on you?’ You just think, ‘Oh my god, where am I going to start…’” Aishwarya added.