‘Kirron Kher could not conceive, when she did…': Anupam Kher says he feels a void as he never had kids, is ‘fine' with stepson Sikander
In a chat with Raj Shamani on his YouTube channel, he was asked about his statement of experiencing a 'void' of not watching a kid grow up in front of his eyes. Anupam shared that he didn't feel so earlier but when he turned 60, he started thinking about it. 'I do a lot of work with children. My foundation does a lot of work. I am fond of children. I used to do a show called 'Say na something to Anupam uncle' which was a children's show. So somebody asked me, 'do you feel this?' I said yeah and it's the truth,' he said.
When asked why he decided not to have children, he shared that Kirron could not conceive and when she did, the child's growth wasn't as expected. 'So it didn't happen at first. Kirron could not conceive it and then once she conceived, she had to.. sort of… it was not growing in the right manner,' he said and added that at this time, he was busy with his career. 'I was too busy making it big. I was too busy aur Sikandar acha… abhi bhi acha hai Sikander mere liye (Sikander is still fine for me). He was 4 when he came into my life, when I married Kirron so I never felt anything missing,' he said.
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Anupam shared that he can't answer why he did not feel so earlier but was sure to express that he felt so now. In an earlier chat with Shubhankar Mishra on his YouTube channel, 'It's not like, I am not happy with Sikander, but I think it's a joy to see a child growing up. Its a joy to see bonding and this is an honest answer to you. I could have avoided to answer this, but I don't want to do that. But, it's okay. It's not a tragedy in my life. But, I sometimes feel it would have been a nice thing.'
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