DNA (January 16, 2016)
Kishwer Merchant, who opted to leave Bigg Boss 9 with Rs 15 lakhs during the ‘ticket to finale’ task, had earlier said that fellow contestant Prince Narula is coming across as overconfident and that might not let him win the show. However, when asked about it, she denies it. “On the contrary, I want Prince to win the show. He is the only strong contender left. Yes, certain things happened between us where I felt he was wrong — no doubt I was hurt that he did not even once during the task say that he would leave. That was wrong considering the relationship we shared (like brother-sister). I would never speak like that about him,” says Kishwer. As for the reason she opted out, she says, “After 22 hours of the task, we thought Bigg Boss would cancel it, but after realising that none of us were giving up, he gave us an hour’s time to speak to each other and decide. If we had not taken a call, the housemates would have decided who among us would leave the show and I did not want to give them that right. Since Prince didn’t mention about leaving, I decided to opt out. I was the bigger person.”