Shaista Lodhi opens up about her Divorce and ‘Ban’ From TV
Famous morning show host, Shaista Lodhi appeared on Nida Yasir’s Shane e Suhoor and shared some heart-wrenching moments of her life. Shaista who seems to have it all had her fair share of struggles and went through a very difficult patch of her life all alone.
From being divorced after having three children to fending for herself in the United States after being banned from television, she’s been through it all. The actor’s life was certainly not easy.
Shaista Lodhi got envolved in a religious dispute a few years ago when she was criticised for airing material on her morning show that was labelled as “blasphemy.” Shaista was fired from the show right away, and she also flew out of Pakistan, but it wasn’t an easy time for her..
“I had to fly to the USA because I was getting threats. My three children and my parents accompanied me but after some time I had to send them back. I was running out of money, I had no idea if the next paycheque will come or not. After I sent my family to Pakistan, I sat at the airport and cried. There was no one who could help me out.” said Shiasta.
“I had little money left so I lived in a shabby hotel in the US and only had tea and biscuits for three consecutive days. It was the worst period of my life. I couldn’t even go back because I was getting death threats.”
Even after returning to Pakistan, Shaista had to hide for some time because of security reasons.
On getting divorced
The morning show host said that she had taken many tough decisions in life. One of them being her divorce. “My mother did not talk to me for two or three years because she was against my divorce but I was clear that I could not live in an unhappy marriage.”
Shiasta is now happily married to her second husband Adnan, who is also her cousin. “He is truly a gift for me.”
When Nida asked her about how she manages to keep her kids in contact with their paternal side, Lodhi said, “I cannot part my kids from their family. After their father’s demise, they have become very close to their grandmother. As a mother, I believe that kids are meant to mingle and talk to their family members even if their parents may not be on talking terms because it’s not their fault. Moving them away or conspiring against anybody will only impact them negatively.”
In the end, she concluded with the idea that there will be moments in a marriage where partners will disagree so it is better to sort things out, think it through and reason, before its too late. She lauded her children for supporting her and wished that every woman builds her own support system.
