Since the start of the pandemic, actress Neetu Kapoor spent the lockdown with her daughter Riddhima. While every mother craves to spend as much time with their children as possible but this is not the case with Neetu. Since her daughter returned to Delhi and Ranbir Kapoor has shifted with his girlfriend Alia Bhatt, Neetu now lives on her own. In an conversation with Filmfare, the actress revealed why she doesn't live with her children.

She said, "I want them to be busy with their lives. I say mere dil mein raho, mere sar pe mat chadho (stay in my heart, don’t stand on my head). When Riddhima was with me for the pandemic, I was so stressed for one year because she couldn’t go back. I used to get so restless. I used to tell her Riddhima to go back, Bharat is alone. I was literally pushing her away. I like my privacy. I am used to this way of life."

She added, "I remember when Riddhima was going to London to study I used to howl for days. If someone would even come to meet her and say goodbye I used to start crying. But when years later Ranbir went, I didn’t. He told me, mom you don’t love me. But it isn’t that. It was just that I had gotten used to that life, of living away from a child. So when it happened again, I was prepared. I think those times when they were abroad made me stronger and made me feel that I am okay being alone. Also, they have to get on with their lives.”