When Andrew Symonds proposed former Bigg Boss contestant Pooja Missra
Andrew Symonds/Pooja Missra (Image source: Twitter)
The tragic death of former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds has sent saddened the cricket fraternity across the globe. Tributes flew in from the former teammates and counterparts after the news of his death was doing rounds across different news mediums. Meanwhile, model and anchor Pooja Missra has recalled her time with the deceased they both participated in the TV show Bigg Boss. For the unversed, Missra and Symonds were part of the fifth season of the show, telecasted in 2011.
She expressed shock and said that the former player was a nice guy. She mentioned how Symonds maintained his composure during the show when other contestants were trying to get on each other’s nerves. “I was shocked and dejected to hear about Andrew Symonds’s demise. He was such a nice guy.
“As you know, the Bigg Boss house is filled with fights and controversies. There is no access to the mobile phone or the Internet. The other contestants are constantly trying to get you out of the house. In such a negative environment, he maintained a neutral frame of mind. He was composed and used to keep calling me ‘captain’.
The Model added that she and the two-time World Cup winner did a task where the latter had to propose her. The duo stayed in the show for two weeks. “We were inside the house for around two weeks. “He maintained a calm stand. He would not get into people’s fights. Nor was he the kind who would initiate a fight.
“The most fun thing we did was the romantic task where he had to propose to me and give me a rose and sing a Bollywood song (Amar Upadhyay, a fellow contestant on the show, had taught Andrew some Bollywood dialogues that he used to propose to Pooja). “All in all, he was a nice guy and for him to pass away at such an early age is heartbreaking.”
