Actor Jason Shah’s professional and personal life both continue to generate buzz. While his latest project, Heeramandi was talked about, his former relationship with singer Anusha Dandekar too led to chatter.

In a recent interview, Shah spoke about his past relationships and said, “The other person didn’t really understand me, and I felt they were trying to make me fit in their box.” Social media users naturally pointed to Dandekar, who he’d dated in 2021. She, in turn, took to Instagram Stories and claimed he was lying. She wrote, “At this point if you google my name, first it was me trying to fit someone in a box! Lies!...”

When we ask Shah for his reaction, he quips, “Honestly, I don’t want to comment and don’t want it to go on any further as it gets childish to go back to the past and dig up those things.”

He further adds that he was misquoted, “What happened is that someone had asked me about Anusha but I had not taken her name or specified anything towards her. I just spoke about my past relationships, in general. The way that article came out was me pointing directly at her, which was not my intention at all. As they say, why rustle up feathers?”

Looking at his future, the 36-year-old reveals to us exclusively that he has found love again. “It’s been seven months, and I want to keep it under wraps for now,” he says.

But does he get bothered that his personal life is up for discussion? The actor says, “It actually works in my favour, in the sense. that people are always going to be talking about you. As an actor, you have to understand that you are now a public figure. This is the life you choose. Not many realise that whatever they do or say — would be torn apart. I might say something really nice but someone will take two words and twist it to get more clicks. I take it with a pinch of salt. If you are going to get upset or angry, choose a nine-to-five job where you will fade out behind a desk.”