Arjun Kapoor: I Admire Malaika For Giving Me, Our Relationship So Much Dignity
GLOBAL MOVIE MAGAZINE|March 2022
On Valentine's Day, actor Arjun Kapoor, for the first time, opens up about his bond with ladylove Malaika Arora, how they have evolved as a couple and dealt with all the social media negativity.
Arjun Kapoor: I Admire Malaika For Giving Me, Our Relationship So Much Dignity

Arjun Kapoor and Malaika Arora are head over heels in love with each other, and their social media posts are proof that they are not seeking anyone's approval for their relationship. After keeping it under wraps for a long time, it was in 2019 that the actors finally made it Insta official, followed by several holiday pictures and public appearances together. However, they still have not spoken much about it in public. On Valentine's Day, Arjun, 36, for the first time opens up about his bond with Malaika, 48, and in an exclusive interview with HT City, tells us about how they've evolved as a couple, and what it takes to stand by his ladylove and deal with all the social media negativity that is thrown at them.

It's beautiful the way you've navigated your relationship with Malaika in public and on social media. Has it been a difficult road or does love make it all easy?

I didn't think so much about anything else except genuinely giving the relationship respect, dignity and integrity. That's what it should be when you love someone and care for someone. That's pretty much been my thought process. I made peace with the fact that once you come out and you're out there for people to see and judge, you've to allow a bit of breathing room for people to understand and absorb and start looking at the relationship the way you want them to. You've to behave a certain way and allow things to shift. It's like shifting people's perspective and you can only do it by being honest and earnest. I never thought of it as difficult. I just knew that it takes time, and you need patience and hold your silence and dignity to make people understand that something is just too precious for you. So, you want to give it time and nurture it.

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