{"id":296714,"date":"2025-05-03T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T13:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/neena-gupta-continued-her-affair-with-vivian-richards-for-a-few-years-after-masabas-birth-it-was-long-distance\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T13:04:07","slug":"neena-gupta-continued-her-affair-with-vivian-richards-for-a-few-years-after-masabas-birth-it-was-long-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/neena-gupta-continued-her-affair-with-vivian-richards-for-a-few-years-after-masabas-birth-it-was-long-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"Neena Gupta continued her affair with Vivian Richards for \u2018a few years\u2019 after Masaba\u2019s birth: \u2018It was long distance\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Neena Gupta became pregnant with her daughter Masaba in 1989, the actor knew that the decision to go ahead with the pregnancy would be life-changing for her, especially because she was unmarried and the father of the baby, Vivian Richards,<\/a> <\/strong>was an internationally renowned cricketer. In her autobiography, Sach Kahun Toh, Neena recalled that after finding out about her pregnancy, she was \u201cgiddy with joy\u201d. But, she believed that she should also consult Vivian, and when he gave his go-ahead, she was relieved.<\/p>\n

Neena shared in her book that she first met Vivian at a dinner party hosted by the Maharani of Jaipur. She recalled that a day before this, she had watched him play. Upon meeting him, they \u201chit it off instantly\u201d. Neena shared that they lost touch when he went back as \u201cwe hadn\u2019t exchanged numbers, so we didn\u2019t know how to contact each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After a while, they met again at the Delhi<\/a> airport and soon after, they started an affair. \u201cVivian and I had an affair and I got pregnant. He had already returned home when I found out,\u201d she wrote. She continued, \u201cSome people advised me to get an abortion. Others cautioned against the perils of being a single parent. I listened to everyone patiently. They were all very concerned, I know. But once I was back home and alone, I asked myself: What do you think? How does this make you feel? The answer was: I was giddy with joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Neena also realised that Vivian had a say in this situation so she asked him if he had a problem with her having his baby.<\/a><\/strong> \u201cI also understood that I wasn\u2019t the only person who had a say in the situation. The baby\u2019s father, Vivian, had an equal right. So, I called him one day and spoke to him for a long tome,\u201d she wrote and added, \u201c\u2018I\u2019m pregnant\u2019, I told him. \u2018Would you have a problem if I were to have your baby?\u2019 Vivian sounded happy and said I should go ahead. This assured me that I was doing the right thing. As much as I wanted this child, I also did not want to go ahead if the father wasn\u2019t on board. So, it came as a relief when Vivian supported my decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After Masaba\u2019s birth, \u201cVivian was as involved as possible\u201d and Neena and Vivian\u2019s relationship went through different phases. At the time, Vivian was already married. \u201cOur relationship continued on and off for a few years and we had some beautiful moments and also some ugly ones. It was long distance and a very different kind of relationship,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Neena raised Masaba as a single mother. She got married at the age of 59 to Vivek Mehra, who is a Chartered Accountant by profession.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n