IPL founder on why they broke up, 'gold digger' controversy during relationship
Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi defends his ex-partner Sushmita Sen against past 'gold digger' allegations. He praises her financial independence and success in a recent interview.
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Highlights the intersection of celebrity culture, social media harassment, and public narrative control.
In 2022, former IPL chairman and businessman Lalit Modi broke the internet when he declared his relationship with Sushmita Sen on social media. Fans and followers of Sen and Modi had wildly different reactions to this declaration but trolls attacked Sushmita, and attached the tag of gold digger , and while she reacted to the backlash with a long note on Instagram, trolls did not back off. Now, when the two have parted ways, Lalit reacted to the reactions they got at the time, and defended Sushmita in a chat with Humans of Bombay.
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