Poonam Pandey, who is currently seen in Kangana Ranaut’s hosted show, Lock Upp during a truth and dare game with her inmates opened up about her estranged husband Sam Bombay. She revealed how he would beat her up and that he was too controlling and would not allow her to stay alone in any room or use her phone in the house.
Karanvir Bohra quizzed Poonam if she really loved him? Which lead her to reveal her ordeal and how he once beat her so much that it caused her a brain hemorrhage. She said, “Yes, I did and I don’t hate him right now, I just don’t like him, I dislike him. Nobody wants something like this to happen to them. Who likes to get beaten up. I had like four floors of house, private garden, private terrace and I had everything. I had a big fuc** house. If I am in one room, I am not allowed to be in that room, he would ask me why are you in that room. He would force me to be with him in the room he wanted. When I used to tell him that I wanted some time with myself and fresh air and wanted to go on the terrace, I wasn’t allowed. I was not allowed to take my phone anywhere, and was not allowed to touch my phone in my own house.”
She further added, “I said fine I stay and just move around. If I love my dog and sleep with them, he would say I love my dogs more than him. What kind of statement is that? Why should I get fuc** beaten up for loving my dogs? Is that a reason to get a brain hemorrhage? Because I have one.”
When Karanvir asked her when she was tolerating domestic violence and how long it took her to get out of it, “I’ve been trying for long, this has been happening for good four years. He didn’t just beat me once, my brain injury (she points on the left side of her head) did not heal because he kept beating me on the same spot again and again. I would apply makeup, gloss, and laugh in front of everyone, to hide it. I would act very cool in front of everyone.”
Talking about his drinking habits, Poonam shared that he was someone who starts drinking alcohol at 10 in the morning. In the night there would be nobody around to save me. The staff would get scared, they would leave,” said Poonam
Karanvir motivated her and said that he is glad that she tried and in the process got stronger and stated that this is a good start.