Sushil Kumar's Life Took A Turn For Worse Post 5-Crore Win On KBC; Media Exposure Irritated Him

Who wouldn't want to become famous overnight? People who actually achieve this are considered lucky by most of us. We might romanticise the idea of being famous, but the reality is sometimes kind of dark and sometimes terrible.

Sushil Kumar, who won Rs 5 crores on Kaun Banega Crorepati recently revealed about the downside of fame.

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Talking about what drew him to the show, "I was preparing for my Civil Services exam then, so things happened.

KBC winner Sushil Kumar says media exposure irritated him

"But after that, the media exposure started to irritate me. They were too interested in my personal life. So my behaviour also got influenced in a way. My decisions were impacted considering, ¡®Media kya kahegi?¡¯ Studying is something that you do in solace. As I was exposed to the media, I couldn¡¯t really focus on my studies as there was always a distraction. I was constantly written about. I had to give clarification when false stories were published. This went on for 4-5 years," he told The Times Of India.

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Sushil Kumar had become a local celebrity after winning the show, but then, 2015 to 2016 was quite challenging for him.

"I became a local celebrity and was invited for multiple events across Bihar for 10-15 days every month. Because of the same, my education took a back seat. Also, I used to take the media very seriously back then. And to avoid being taken as jobless whenever they called me, I started investing in various businesses."

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KBC even spoiled his relationship with his wife.

"After KBC, I became a philanthropist, who was addicted to 'secret donations' and would attend about 50 thousand events in a month. Due to this, a lot of times, people cheated on me, which I got to know only later after the donations were made. Due to this, my relationship with my wife was slowly worsening. She would often said that I don't know how to differentiate between the right and wrong people and that I wasn't concerned about the future. We would often fight over this," Sushil had earlier revealed on Facebook.

Sushil Kumar also narrated his filmy bankruptcy story.

"And now, how did I become bankrupt...? You will find the story a little 'filmy'. While I was strolling one day, a journalist from an English newspaper called me. While everything was going fine, suddenly he asked me something which left me irritated, so I randomly told him that all my money was exhausted and I had two cows and was surviving by selling milk and earning some money off it. And after that, all of you must be aware of the impact of that news. Soon after, all those who I was surrounded with, cornered themselves. I wasn't invited to events and that's when I got some time to think about what should I do next."

He said that when people found out he was bankrupt, they stopped calling him to events.

Meanwhile, KBC will soon return with season 14.

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