Esha Deol doesn’t like the ‘single mother’ label, reveals that she is co-parenting her daughters with ex-husband

Actor Esha Deol has recently opened up that she doesn't believe in the "single mother" label, also revealing that she is co-parenting her daughters with her ex-husband.

Esha Deol opens up on co-parenting her daughters

Over a year after announcing her separation from her husband Bharat Takhtani, Esha has opened up about her current relationship with her ex-husband. She revealed that they've developed a new dynamic, and added that she doesn't label herself as a single mom.

Esha Deol, the elder daughter of veteran actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini, got married to Bharat Takhtani in Mumbai in 2012. They share two daughters – Radhya, who was born in 2017, and Miraya, born in 2019.

Esha gets candid about life after separation

Esha spoke about her life after separation in a video posted on a YouTube channel. In the video, when she was asked about her experience as a single mom to her two daughters, and whether she found it challenging or fulfilling, the actress said that she doesn’t like to think of herself as a single mother.

She said, “I don’t like to think of myself as a single mother because I don’t behave like one nor do I let the other person behave that way with me. It’s just that in life, sometimes, due to certain things, roles change. And if it doesn’t work out in a certain equation of what two people were at one point, you must take it upon you, especially when you have children, the two mature individuals must take it upon them to work out in another dynamic but keep the unit together for the sake of the children. And that’s exactly what Bharat and I do.”

Esha also emphasised the importance of mastering time management, sharing her own strategies for balancing work and parenting responsibilities while ensuring quality time with her kids.

She said, “Because without it, if your schedule goes for a toss, it creates guilt and there is mismanagement...For instance, if one day, I have to shoot for 10 or 12 hours, I try and spend at least 4 hours with my daughters with complete dedication. On an off day, I spend the entire day with my kids. I do things that they enjoy so they feel satisfied and fulfilled that I am giving them 100 percent attention. I meet my friends less, I go out less because that the only way to balance it”.