India, Aug. 15 -- Kushal Tandon's entry into Alliance came with an obvious question: how would he navigate a reality show alongside Zaid Darbar, the husband of his former partner Gauahar Khan? But according to Tandon, whatever awkwardness viewers may have anticipated quickly gave way to a friendship, with the actor insisting that the past was exactly that - the past.

During the show, Kushal made headlines for his equation with Zaid Darbar's wife, Gauahar Khan. Not only that, Kushal's derogatory remark about Gauahar - "Tujhe saari meri cheezein pasand aati hai" - also made headlines, with Zaid telling us that Kushal did apologise to him and his family for the comment, although the apology was not aired.

Speaking about his equation with Z...