Aamir Khan’s brother and actor Faissal Khan recently made a shocking claim that the Lagaan star had an extra-marital affair with British journalist and author Jessica Hines when he was married to his first wife, Reena Dutta. He also claimed that Aamir and Hines had a child born out of wedlock.
“Aamir married Reena and later divorced her. Then he had a relationship with Jessica Hines, unka illegal baccha tha, out of wedlock (he had an illegitimate child). He was living with Kiran (Rao) at that time (of this incident),” Faissal told Media.
Who is Jessica Hines?
According to multiple reports, the UK-based journalist and author arrived in India in the late 1990s to work on Amitabh Bachchan’s biography, and she met Aamir Khan during that period as he was filming Ghulam.
In 2005, as per Stardust magazine report, Aamir Khan and Hines were in a relationship and even living together. Jessica reportedly got pregnant during their relationship, and while Aamir wanted her to terminate the pregnancy, she chose to give birth to their son and named him Jaan.
Hines later moved on and tied the knot with London-based businessman William Talbot. However, neither Aamir or Jessica ever spoke about these rumours.
Aamir Khan married his first wife, Reena Dutt, in 1986 and has two kids with her, named Junaid and Ira. The couple separated in 2002.
In 2005, he married Kiran Rao and has a son, Azad Rao Khan. The duo divorced in 2021.
Aamir Khan is currently dating Bengaluru-based Gauri Spratt.
On the professional front, Aamir Khan was recently featured in RS Prasanna’s Sitaare Zameen Par, which also starred Genelia Deshmukh, Aroush Datta, Gopi Krishna Varma, Samvit Desai, Vedant Sharma, Ayush Bhansali, Ashish Pendse, Rishi Shahani, Rishabh Jain, Naman Mishra, Dolly Ahluwalia, Brijendra Kala, Deepraj Rana, Nikhat Khan and Simran Mangeshkar in prominent roles.