Oh God, it's Rakhi!

If Rakhi Sawant has been heard muttering ‘O Jejuz’ on her TV shows lately, it’s not because she has picked up the expression during a
trip abroad or finds it fashionable to do so.

The reality TV star has been claiming on her shows that she has ‘found’ Jesus. She has even been attending services at an Andheri church in Mumbai, where her mother is a regular visitor (TV viewers may remember her mother’s appearance on a reality TV show where she often hugged a photograph of Christ and wept uncontrollably). Noticing her new-found interest in their religion, organisers of Mumbai’s biggest Christmas gathering have invited her to read from the Bible.

Rakhi was not available for comment. But her caller tune – a song that proclaims Jesus as a ‘living God’ – is evidence of her new-found spiritual interest. “We came to know that she has been attending church services. She has also declared on various TV shows that she loves Jesus. So we invited her to read a few scriptures from the Bible,” said Dr Abraham Mathai, vice-chairman of the State Minorities Commission.

However, community members were guarded in their reaction. “I would not want to judge her. But I do not know whether her presence is a publicity stunt for her or the organisers. When you have Christ in Christmas, you already have your celebrity in place,” said Judith Monteiro, a Dadar resident.