Actor Mahie Gill recently took everyone by surprise when she revealed that she is mother to a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Veronica with her boyfriend who she has been “dating for more than 10 years now”. Calling it a big little secret of her life, the actor shares that it was a conscious decision to keep her pregnancy and daughter’s birth under wraps.

“There are personal reasons as to why I didn’t post Veronica’s picture on social media. I’m a very private and shy person and there are a lot of things that have happened in my life which has never come out in public,” Mahie says adding, “Veronica is a daddy’s girl and is smart and intelligent. She looks like a Russian kid and has beautiful hair. She is a music buff.”

Quashing the rumours about her child being born through surrogacy and being adopted, the actor says, “She is my biological child. When I got pregnant, I took a break for a year from acting since no interesting project came my way. Thus, my pregnancy never came in the public eye. Then, Veronica was born in August 2016, and I got busy with her and started losing weight as well till the time I got my next project which was Sahib Biwi Gangster 3 ,” Mahie recalls.

When asked if she was scared to come out in public about her daughter, Mahie says, “Being unmarried and having a biological baby might be a taboo even now in society but I don’t think it’s a big issue at all.”

Not willing to spill the beans about the man of her life, the 43-year-old actor says, “Hai koi, I’ll share it soon some day. He doesn’t want to come into the limelight as he is not comfortable with it. All I can say is that he is a Hindu boy from Jammu and is based in Goa. He is in the hotel management business and we first met 10 years back on a cruise from Mumbai to Goa.”

Talking about their plans of marriage, the actor shares, “I feel marriage is a beautiful thing and maybe next year, I’ll tie the knot with my boyfriend. There is no pressure of marriage though. If it happens, it will be a very simple Hindu wedding ceremony. I don’t want to make it a big affair.”