Malaika Arora has always been very outspoken about the choices she has made in her life. The actress has never fretted about accepting the way she is and has instead been open about who she is and what she likes. Malaika keeps making the headlines for her sartorial looks, her dedication to fitness, and many a time even for her dating life.
In 2025, it was being speculated that she was dating a mystery man who was spotted once with her and was much younger than her. Recently, Malaika opened up about it and expressed how accessible the lives of celebrities are at the moment.
Last year, Malaika attended a concert in Mumbai, where she was spotted with a mystery man who was later found to be someone having no links to Bollywood. Videos of them standing together and enjoying the show quickly went viral, and the chatter about them dating started to do the rounds. In a conversation on The Namrata Zakaria Show, Malaika finally addressed the rumours.
She said, "People like talking. If you are spotted with somebody, you go out, and it becomes a huge discussion. I don't really want to give chatter unnecessarily, too much fuel. I don't want to do that because it really doesn't serve any purpose."
The actress further went on to add, "Trust me, every time I have stepped out, even if it's a longtime friend, a gay friend, a married friend, an old friend, a manager or anybody, I am immediately linked to that person. We laughed and it and joked about it. My mother calls me and asks, 'Who is this now, baby? Who are they talking about?' It has just become laughable."
Malaika then expressed her views about how celebrity lives have become too accessible now. She openly wondered how much of their lives should be put forth for the fans to know and see.
She said, "Like I've always said, it comes with a territory. It is borderline voyeurism. If you are in the business, you have to be prepared for all of this that comes with it. A lot of it can also be... I think we are allowed to say how much we want to put out there. How much of our personal life is ours, and how much should be public knowledge? But, in today's day and age, anything, whether you sneeze or go anywhere, it becomes news; everybody has access."
Malaika further mentioned, "My relationships have always been spoken about, and they've always made headlines. At one point, I remember saying that my life is much more than just my personal life. It was becoming too much of a centre of attention. Unfortunately, people forget that because it doesn't make a headline or copy. I am at that stage of life now, where I don't need to prove anything, but I need to do things that make me happy, and I want people to see that."
Earlier, Malaika was known to be dating Arjun Kapoor. The celebrity couple had also gone on to make their relationship official on social media and were spotted together at a lot of different places. However, reports of their breakup started to do the rounds in 2024, and neither of them has made a comment about it.
