Sep 06, 2026 10:56pm IST
‘Bigg Boss 20’ Contestant Mary Kom: ‘I Want To Always See Salman Khan With His Muscles’ (EXCLUSIVE)
India’s Olympic champion boxer Mary Kom (real name: Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom) is perhaps the biggest name on “Bigg Boss 20.” While her exploits in the boxing ring have sealed her place in India’s sporting annals, her personal life also made headlines. Mary Kom’s separation from husband, Karung Onkholer Kom was also widely discussed in the media last year. In a short chat with Variety India, she says she wants audiences to know about her real personality and how she lives her life. She says, “This show is the biggest in the country. I thought it might be fun to take up this project.”
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Kom also reminisces the days when she'd catch “Bigg Boss” in the dinner halls of sporting villages and camps. “I would watch bits and parts. I wondered, 'What is this fighting, unnecessary aggression and controversy?' In those days, I hardly got any time to watch TV. That was the only time we could watch a bit of TV. I would always think, ‘Yeh kya chal raha hai?’” But now I am here.”
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Mary Kom tells Variety India that like millions of others, she, too, got worried about seeing a reel that went viral days ago. Khan looked like he had lost a lot of weight in the clip. Kom says, “I want to ask him how his health is. Is he doing well or not? All of us have grown up seeing him strong and muscular at all times. I want to always see him with his muscles. I only wish him good health.”
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