"He is truly a diamond…" Lalit Modi speaks on Sushmita Sen being called a gold digger for the first time after breakup

Mumbai: The relationship between Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen and former IPL chairman Lalit Modi is not hidden from anyone. Both of them made their relationship public in July 2022 but two years later, in the year 2025, they broke up. But after the breakup, once again an ex-couple has become a topic of discussion. Let us tell you, about a year ago, some pictures of Lalit Modi and Sushmita Sen together went viral on social media.

While some people could see the love between the couple in those pictures, there were some people who also noticed the huge diamond ring in the actress’s hand and after that she started being accused of being a ‘gold digger’. However, now Lalit Modi has spoken openly about all these allegations. Let us know what the businessman said.

‘Whatever is there is on its own’

While talking to ‘Humans of Bombay’, Lalit Modi while talking about Sushmita Sen said that "Sushmita is a very beautiful and successful woman and whatever she is today is on her own. I might also recognize someone who has more diamonds than him. He also had his own diamond store and whatever he has earned is all his hard work."

Modi said that "This has never happened when we both went out together and he asked me for money for anything. He has paid his own bills all the time. On the contrary, I can say that I was like a ‘kept boyfriend’, who was going to survive at her expense." Further defending the actress he said "When people started calling him a gold digger, I didn’t like it because it was completely wrong. She herself is a diamond and never asked or took anything from anyone. He further jokingly said that whoever it was, I was a ‘diamond digger’." 

still a close friend

Let us tell you, during their relationship, Sushmita Sen and Lalit Modi lived together for some days. The businessman still considers the actress as his close friend. Lalti Modi said "I have very fond memories with Sushmita and this is why she is still my very close friend." 

When did you make your relationship public?

Let us tell you, during the conversation, Lalit Modi also talked about making his relationship public and said "My relationship was made public in front of them. Both of us were on the flight at that time and there was an argument about something. Meanwhile he said "Don’t post these pictures and I immediately laughed and pressed the upload button. However, after that he never asked for the posts to be deleted." After the breakup, this statement of Lalit Modi has started the discussion about the relationship of this couple. Now it remains to be seen whether Sushmita replies after these statements or not.