Imran Khan recently shared how he met his girlfriend Lekha Washington, revealing they started dating during the COVID-19 lockdown. They were part of the same social circle, and her previous partner was an old school friend of his. Lekha was previously in a relationship with journalist Pablo Chatterji, son of Dhritiman Chatterjee.
On the podcast Moments of Silence, Imran explained, “We were all in a group of friends. Her then-partner actually was an old, old school friend of mine. So we were all kind of within the same group of friends.” He also discussed living together, noting the challenge of balancing his minimalist lifestyle with Lekha’s love for collecting unique items. He said, “For the initial couple years of our relationship, she was still in her place and I was in mine. This past year, as we’ve moved into the same space, has been about finding that balance of me saying we have too many things, and she’s like ‘but I found this amazing thing’.”
Before this relationship, Khan was married to Avantika Malik. Their marriage ended in divorce in 2019. They are parents to 10-year-old daughter Imara.
Earlier, Imran confirmed his relationship with Lekha in an interview with Vogue India. He revealed that they grew close during the lockdown, a year and a half after his separation from Avantika Malik in February 2019 and nearly a year after Lekha’s separation from her partner. Addressing the “homewrecker” label often attached to Lekha, Imran expressed frustration, calling it misogynistic and dismissive of his own agency. He stated, “There’s this narrative of Lekha being a homewrecker, which infuriates me because not only is it misogynistic, but it also takes away my agency as an individual”.
