Back then, in an interview, Abhishek Bachchan reminisced about his battle with COVID-19 and the insightful conversation he had with his wife, Aishwarya Rai, upon returning home from the hospital.
Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are one of Bollywood’s most cherished couples, known for their discretion regarding their personal lives.
Married since 2007, the couple welcomed their daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan, in 2011, and they are deeply protective of their family.
Reflecting on a past interview, Abhishek shared how Aishwarya has always encouraged him to focus on what truly matters. On Raj Shamani’s podcast, Abhishek revealed that Aishwarya often reminds him to appreciate their healthy, happy family rather than stressing over minor inconveniences. He recounted her words:
“You can come back and you can be irritated about anything. You know nowadays if you’re in Mumbai you’re irritated about the traffic also. And sometimes she’s like, ‘What are you getting so hyper about? Calm down, you know there are more important things? You’ve come home and you have a healthy happy family’.”
Abhishek also recounted his feelings during the pandemic when he, Aishwarya, and their daughter were hospitalized simultaneously. After his return home, Aishwarya reassured him of their good fortune, contrasting their situation with families devastated by the virus. Despite his worries about income during the lockdown, Aishwarya reminded him of their greatest blessing: their family’s well-being. Abhishek shared:
“During Covid, my father, my wife, my daughter and I were all in hospital at the same time. I was the last one to come home.
When I came back home, she said, ‘
You know we’re so lucky that we’re all still here. There are so many families that have been ravaged by Covid’. And I was like, ‘You know you’re right because I was thinking, ghar par baithe hai, kaam nahi ho raha hai, kamaai kahan se hogi.’
She said,
‘You have got a healthy family. What more can you want?”
Praising Aishwarya’s perspective, Abhishek acknowledged how her approach to life’s priorities has greatly impacted him. He emphasized that whenever asked about his family, he responds with, “They’re healthy,” reflecting Aishwarya’s emphasis on what truly matters. He concluded:
“Whenever I’m asked, ‘Oh, how’s the family?’ I say, ‘They’re healthy.’ She just puts those priorities into place and I think it was amazing for her to say when I thought about it.”
In a previous interview, Abhishek also highlighted how Aishwarya has instilled in their daughter an understanding of their family’s legacy, respecting the significance of their surname and the achievements of her grandfather and great-grandfather.
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