Celina Jaitley’s firang connection!

When are you settling down?

I’m not planning to settle down. The concept of settling down for me is being settled down in work and career. I have a house and three puppies. I don’t have any intentions of getting married in the next few years and the reason for this is not my work! It’s just too much and too serious a commitment to handle now.

You are seeing California-based businessman Sean Teague…

Sean is a very good friend and I know him for many years now. But I hardly get time off for myself, let alone him!

What is it with your attraction to foreign men?

I come from a mixed cultural background. I’ve travelled all my life. My grandfather was the military attachÃ© to Vietnam and my grandmother works for the UN, so I’ve associated with many cultures and nationalities. Settling down has nothing to do with a person’s nationality. I have to spend my life with a man and not his passport. My last relationship was with a foreigner and people think that I have a problem with Indian men. I am Indian after all! I can’t help where I lose my heart. I’ve studied in Hindi medium schools as well as international schools.

So what does the road ahead look like?

I have always been concerned that a man who comes into my life in the future won’t feel overwhelmed by my persona. It’s a very real concern for me. I’m quite a romantic. I’ve grown up on a diet of romance novels!

There were rumours that you had acted pricey and didn’t attend the Tom, Dick and Harry party…

Some people made an issue of me not attending the party but I was in the US shooting for a film at that time. How could I fly for 22 hours to attend that party? I haven’t spoken to the director and the producer about this matter. I guess it’s best to just be a bit thick skinned. It’s not about publicity, it’s about being maligned. I was not acting pricey. I’m not a party person so I don’t like attending these events. My work schedule is really tough. Earlier, such talk used to annoy me, but not anymore.