3 minutes of readingChennaiFebruary 7, 2026 07:53 pm IST
bollywood actor Imran Khan is He is currently in a stable and healthy relationship with his girlfriend Lekha Washington, but in the past, the actor went through a divorce with his wife Avantika Malik. In a recent interaction, Imran described his dynamic with Avantika as “unhealthy” during their marriage and also admitted that he seemed visibly ill during the last few years before their marriage ended in divorce.
The Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na actor spoke about how important it was for him to separate from his wife for the health of his daughter. “It is painful, but nevertheless painful is the separation… And it is painful for both the couple, the child and the families involved… It is still better than perpetuating an unhealthy dynamic. However, an unpleasant divorce is, ultimately, that it is healthy to separate than to stay in an unhealthy situation and then teach your child that, because then, you are teaching your child an unhealthy pattern and dynamic, that you yourself are not your healthiest best self.”
He added: “So for me, understanding and acknowledging that was a big factor in my decision to end my marriage. The fact that I saw this is not healthy. We are not in a healthy pattern and if I continue in that unhealthy pattern, it is not good for me. It is not good for her and it is not good for our child.”
Talking about the last few years of their marriage, Imran said, “This choice that I made has been resoundingly validated. In the last seven years since we separated, my personal health, my emotional health and my mental health have been doing tremendously well. I look at pictures of myself from the last few years of my marriage and I look like a person with a serious illness. So, ultimately, it’s for the better.”
Imran Khan and Avantika Malik got married on January 10, 2011. They were friends since their college days. Imran was just 19 years old when he started dating Avantika, which eventually led to them getting married. They welcomed their daughter Imara on June 9, 2014. However, the couple developed differences in their relationship and separated in 2019.