It all started when a Twitter user took a dig at Payal by saying that Shami didn’t want to marry her because his friends warned him about the Bengalis.Responding to the tweet, Payal clarified that it was just a joke and then went on to claim that she datedIrfan Pathan for 5 years in the past and then they broke up.
She further added that Gautam Gambhir and Akshay Kumar were also pursuing her but she was deeply in love with Irfan. She also said that she used to tell Irfan about everything and also claimed that she used to receive regular missed calls from Gautam Gambhir. She also said that she had spoken about it in front of Yusuf Pathan, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya when she had gone to meet Irfan in Pune during a domestic cricket match.
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She wrote in a series of tweets, “Gautam Gambhir regularly miscalls me, he used to check Irfan’s calls a lot, he used to check all my calls.. he used to check my calls all the time.. he used to miscall me, he also used to miscall me, Hardik and Krunal Pandya too.” I told that when I met Irfan in Pune… Domestic match was of Baroda.
“Everyone has read my pichhe #gautamgambhir #AkshayKumar but I loved only Irfan Pathan, I did not tell him about him and he was not looking at me and I also talked about everyone to Irfan, I also looked at everyone’s example… I said that. Loved Irfan and not anyone else…!!!
“After we broke up … I fell ill .. I couldn’t work for years… but he was the only guy whom I loved… after that I never loved anybody.
“Irfan was my boyfriend before .. we were dating since 2011 Aur isme shaadi 2016 mein kiya….”
Payal then went on claim that Anurag Kashyap Raped her but Akshay never misbehaved with her. “But there is one more thing…. #anuragkashyap raped me but there is no other meaning in #AkshayKumar’s love, Anurag… but Akshay Kumar did not misbehave with me, he is such a big star… I will always respect him for that, ” she wrote.
In 2020, Payal had spoken about alleged sexual harrasement against filmmkaer Anurag Kashyap. She had claimed that Anurag had stripped in front of her and tried to molest in 2014. However, Kashyap rubbished all allgeations of sexual misconduct levelled against him by Payal.