Actor Shiv Jalota, who rose to fame with the successful BBC show EastEnders, is mourning the passing away of a close family member. He took to his Instagram handle on Monday and announced that he had lost his grandmother.
The 29-year-old actor shared a photo of his grandmother and another family member and wrote in the caption: “Saying goodbye to our Nan Sue today. RIP, you beautiful being.”
Shiv joined the cast of EastEnders in 2019 and has appeared in 191 episodes of the popular BBC soap. He portrayed the character of the youngest member of Walford's Panesar family. Critics and audiences lauded his performance.
Shiv was born on 26th December 1993 in Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey. He joined the National Youth Theatre in 2013. In 2016, he notched up his very first acting assignment as a gym goer in the film Heavy Weight. He was later seen in a short film titled White Girl which came out the same in which he joined Eastenders.
In an earlier interview with Eastern Eye, Shiv credited the theatre company for helping him break into the entertainment industry.
“It massively helped me – the NYT basically trained me (as an actor),” Shiv said. “It’s definitely shaped me as a performer and given me so much confidence. “It has given me the strength to realise that if you want to perform or be backstage or on stage or behind the camera, to just go for it.
He further added, “Fail, make mistakes but learn in the moment and that’s so important for any actor coming into it – learning in the moment and being present in the moment. That is what the NYT has taught me.”
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She never signed up for the whole rivalry narrative.
She talks about the weird public fixation on her marriage.
She explains the very simple reason her son's face stays off the internet.
Right, so Hailey Bieber is done with this. The whole thing. In a Wall Street Journal piece that dropped, she basically just said what everyone was thinking but would not print. Being constantly measured against other people, especially other women, has worn her out. She calls it frustrating, even exhausting, and laughs a little when asked about it. “Annoying does not cover it,” she says. And really, she never signed up for any of it. Who would?
It is weird, right? Here she is, with Rhode hitting these insane goals like that Sephora launch, the whole e.l.f. Beauty deal worth and yet a chunk of the conversation still orbits this tired, manufactured drama. Everyone is still obsessed with her marriage and old drama, and yes, this is happening in 2025. Can we not?
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So what is the deal with these comparisons?
She did not even really get into names. She did not have to. The context is just... there. When they asked about feeling pitted against others, her answer was blunt. "It is always annoying being pitted against other people. I did not ask for that." And then she nailed the part about public perception. Once people decide on a story in their heads, that is it. Once people invent a story about you, it sticks, it is theirs, not yours. Trying to rewrite it is pointless. Apparently, her publicist even cut off a question heading towards a specific name. But the point was made.
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Is there any real competition with other brands?
This is where she completely detached from the nonsense. Zero competition. She said there is space for everybody. Everyone. She only feels a spark if she is inspired by someone, not threatened. It is a pretty mature take, honestly. While the internet fuels these fake wars, she is just over here building her thing. Refreshing.
This is the part that is actually important. They keep his face private on purpose, they will wait until he can decide for himself. Until he can have a say. It is not a PR stunt, it is parenting. It is giving him a childhood, or as much of one as you can when your parents are global superstars. She and Justin post him, but you never see him. It is a boundary. A firm one.
We should probably note this is not new for her. Even last year, on Bloomberg, she did not hold back. She described the whole rivalry narrative as cruel and shocking, pointing out that setting women against each other over a man is just wrong. It seems like she still feels the same. Nothing has really changed, has it?
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