Shubhangi Atre, who is known for replacing Shilpa Shinde in the popular TV show Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain, recently spoke about her separation with husband Piyush Poorey and also how his alcohol addiction impacted their family life. Piyush passed away in April. In the chat, Shubhangi shared that Piyush started drinking when he was in college and through the 17 years of their marriage, his addiction kept getting worse. She chose to get divorced in 2020 after his addiction started severely affecting her and their daughter.
In a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Shubhangi admitted that despite knowing Piyush from her school days, she was unaware of the severity of his addiction. She said, “After I got married, I got to know about Piyush’s alcohol addiction.” Few years into her marriage, Shubhangi realised that the addiction was getting worse but she continued to stay with him, hoping he would get better. She said, “I tried to make the marriage work. We stayed together for 17 years.” Talking about how she realised the severity of his addiction through her daughter, she said, “Since I was busy working, I didn’t realise when the situation got worse. My daughter, Ashi, would tell me about his drinking habits and that he would get cranky after drinking. The eye-opening moment was during the Covid time when I stayed at home and saw it myself.”
The situations got worse after Piyush started mixing steroids with alcohol. “In 2018, he was taking steroids as part of his hair transplant treatment, and he started taking alcohol with it.” She recalled that he was admitted to the hospital because of the same and the doctor warned them that he had to change his lifestyle. But even then, Shubhangi didn’t give up on her marriage, she said, “After that, I tried for two years from rehab to family discussions. I tried to convince him, but then in November 2020, I decided to separate. It was affecting me mentally.” She shared, “Even after divorce, I continued supporting him financially but he continued drinking. He didn’t stop.”
When asked if she still misses her late ex-husband, the actor broke down and responded, “Sometimes.” Shubhangi also revealed about her last conversation with Piyush was two days before he passed away. Recalling the same, she said, “I was crying and I kept telling him please get better. I got to know that it was a multiple organ failure and alcohol was the culprit.”
