Esha Gupta has finally cleared the air around her long-rumoured relationship with cricketer Hardik Pandya, revealing in an interview that while they did speak for a brief period, it never escalated into an actual relationship.

In a candid chat with Siddharth Kannan, Esha said, “Yeah, for some time we were talking. I don’t think we were dating, but yeah, we were talking for a couple of months. We were at that ‘maybe it will happen, maybe it won’t’ stage. It ended before we even reached the dating stage. So it wasn’t dating-dating. We met once or twice, that’s it. So yeah, as I said, it was a couple of months and then it ended.”

When asked if there was ever a real possibility of a relationship, Esha admitted that it “maybe could have happened,” but things fizzled out quickly. Timing and compatibility, she noted, didn’t quite match up. “There was no drama or bitterness,” she added. “It just wasn’t meant to be.”

She further addressed Pandya’s controversial Koffee With Karan appearance in 2019, stating that by that time, they were no longer in touch and the episode had no impact on her personally. “That part didn’t affect me, because we had already stopped talking by then,” she said.

Meanwhile on the work front, Esha was last seen in Ek Badnaam Aashram 3 and One Day: Justice Delivered, is rumoured to be joining Hera Pheri 3, though there is no official confirmation yet.

Hardik and Natasa Stankovic  tied knots during the 2020 lockdown in an intimate ceremony and welcomed their son in July 2020. They also celebrated a lavish vow ceremony in Udaipur in 2023 but announced their separation in July 2024. In their statement, they described it as a “tough decision” but affirmed their commitment to co-parenting their son Agastya.