Did Rhea Really Love Sushant?

There is a news item from NDTV from April this year; it is titled, "Neither Sushant Singh Rajput Nor I Have Ever Admitted That, So It's Not True": Rhea Chakraborty On Rumoured Relationship With The Actor"

Rhea Chakraborty, in a recent interview with ETimes, denied reports about her rumoured relationship with Sushant Singh Rajput and said: "It's not true. Neither Sushant Singh Rajput nor I have ever admitted that, so it's not true. Sushant and I are really good friends. I've known him for eight years now. We were in YRF together and we had the same manager for a long period. Our friendship has evolved over the years. I love all my friends and I don't hide that. I am very public about my love for the people in my life, whether they are girls or boys."

She added that she "doesn't know" what the actor thinks about her. "Whereas Sushant is a concern, he's one of the nicest and the coolest person I know. I don't know about him but to me, he's super cute and attractive. But I don't know what he thinks about me."

It is easy to understand that she was aware of people's suspicion about the couple being in love, and she specifically clarified to remove the doubt. She denied that she and Sushant were in love. 

Does the fact that Rhea and Sushant were not in love contradict the fact that they were living in together? Many people have "no strings attached" affairs and hence we can't say for sure that there is a contradiction. May be Sushant and Rhea were living together without any plan about marriage. Or may be one of them loved the other but the other did not plan to marry. Hence, we can understand that Rhea or Sushant won't be publicly admitting that they were together. 

But once Sushant died, Rhea came out in the open and admitted that they were "a couple". In the famous Aajtak interview, she strongly mentioned that she and Sushant were "living like a couple". And in this news item from June 19th, "Rhea confirmed that the two were indeed dating and were even living together during the lockdown." 

The question is: Why did Rhea deny her relationship with Sushant until he was alive; but admitted that they were in love immediately after he died? Was it because of a "convenience or was there a deeper conspiracy? In June, no one was blaming Rhea for Sushant's death. At that time, it was not necessary for her to disclose her relationship status to the media. It can be understood that she chose to disclose her relationship status soon after Sushant died "in order to make people take her statements seriously and with authenticity!" 

And what were those statements? The statement which solved the Sushant death case even before it made people wonder. She mentioned that Sushant had mental problems and he had stopped taking medicines which explained his death! People can look at it as a very "convenient" act. 

Now that Sushant is not alive, Rhea can speak anything and it will be difficult for people to do "fact checks". All we got are Sushant's roommates, while many of them were Rhea's friends, and hence we shall never be able to trust them fully!

Now, the biggest question: If Rhea loved Sushant, how could she administer him with drugs? How could she procure the drugs putting her own reputation at risk, ask detailed methods about how to give him drugs and then help him get addicted? What kind of a lover would do that? We can understand that may be girlfriends with no commitment to marry someone could do that! Or someone who was using Sushant could do that!

Rhea Chakraborty's last movie was in 2018. She did not have a movie for last 2 years. All she got was a Rumi Jaffrey's proposed film with Sushant; based on her own statements. Can we understand that all she was doing in Sushant's flat was to keep him happy so that she could get one more movie? She claimed in Aajtak interview that the couple were expecting to get Rs 14 Crores from this movie. That would have been perhaps the biggest fee she ever got for her acting. So, is this all? 

Based on all facts and going through above aspects, does it not seem more appropriate that Rhea was with Sushant for a purpose? If she really "loved" Sushant, she would never have given him drugs in the manner she did. And if she was just being friends with Sushant to get her next movie-break, she should have been honest enough to mention it. But since she mentioned that she was Sushant's "lover", that changes everything. People doubt everything about her.