Gossip that I was seeing Dia Mirza got to Maria: Arshad Warsi

Actor Arshad Warsi has finally spoken out about reports of a strain in his marriage.

For long it has been reported that the actor and his wife Maria Goretti have been on a war footing due to marital discord. The reasons ranged from Arshad not being able to give enough time to his family because of his work schedule to having an affair with actor Dia Mirza.

Arshad says Maria and he had to work a lot to iron out the differences and bring stability back into their relationship. “News of my rumoured relationship with Dia damaged my relationship with Maria. It was a vicious thing circulated against me. Though Maria is very understanding, gossip that I was seeing Dia got to her. My family was threatened. I am a father of two kids (five-year-old son Zeke Warsi and three-year-old daughter Zene Zoe) and I didn’t want these things to affect them because it was not true,” Arshad says.

He adds, “On one hand my wife was upset and on the other, Dia, a close friend of mine, was feeling bad that she was being unnecessarily drawn into this controversy. She was projected as the other woman who was trying to break my house.”

However, Arshad credits the two women to helping him tide over this crisis. “Had Maria not trusted me, it would have been all over. Meanwhile, even Dia understood that some people with vested interests were playing games,” he ends.