It was in 1998 that Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan got married. Years later, in 2017, the couple decided to part ways. Theirs was a marriage that was looked up to by many in the industry and fans were left heartbroken after the news of their separation. Once, when Malaika appeared on her best friend and actress Kareena Kapoor Khan’s chat show, What Women Want, she opened up about her divorce in length.

It was then that Malaika revealed how the decision of separation wasn’t taken easily. She had shared that her loved ones and family members had also asked her to reconsider the decision, but both Malaika and Arbaaz stuck by their decision.

Sharing the thoughts on their mind before taking the big step, Malaika said: “We did think about a lot of things and weighed every single pro and con. And then we decided, it’s better off that we move our separate ways because we’d just be better people. Because we were two people in a situation making each other extremely unhappy which was impacting everybody else’s life around us.”

She also talked about how her family was asking her if she was sure about the decision even a night before her divorce. “Nobody really encourages you to go right ahead. Even the night before the divorce, I had my family sit with me and ask me, are you sure?” she had said, adding, “I heard this all along and perhaps rightly so because these are people who worry and care for you.”