{"id":641412,"date":"2026-08-17T08:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/641412\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T08:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:04:14","slug":"alliance-mini-mathur-on-gauahar-khans-criticism-and-defending-her-gameplay-on-the-show-says-gauahar-was-just-being-a-protective-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/641412\/","title":{"rendered":"Alliance: Mini Mathur on Gauahar Khan\u2019s criticism and defending her gameplay on the show; says, \u2018Gauahar was just being a protective wife\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alliance: Mini Mathur<\/a> emerged as the winner of the reality show Alliance, navigating alliances, tasks and intense relationships during her time in the headquarters. In an exclusive interview with Times of India TV, Mini opened up about the friendships she formed on the show, Gauahar Khan\u2019s criticism of her gameplay and the accusations of being biased while serving as an Ace.Talking about the contestants she continues to remain in touch with after the show, Mini said that she has maintained strong bonds with several of her fellow contestants.\u201cWith all the allies on it, so there is obviously nobody that I will not stay in touch with. But the ones that I know that really get me and I\u2019m definitely, you know, on video calls many times a day with them, even now, Ruhee, Zaid, Daisy, Niti, Kushal, Arslan, even Aly and Bali. So these are people that I really enjoy, Payal, Vanshaj. God, I\u2019ve named everybody,\u201d she said.Mini was also asked about Gauahar Khan criticising her gameplay, particularly her decision to often side with Nikhil. Responding to the criticism, Mini explained that she believed Gauahar was speaking from a protective perspective as Zaid\u2019s wife and was not fully aware of the equation Mini and Zaid shared inside the headquarters.\u201cI think Gauahar was basically reacting as a very protective wife, and she wasn\u2019t really aware of my relationship with Zaid within the house, within the headquarters. We kind of supported each other. I helped Zaid shift to another team where he could shine and show his leadership qualities as opposed to just playing under the shadows with the strong ones,\u201d Mini said.She added that Gauahar understood the dynamic better after the contestants came out of the show and Zaid spoke to her.\u201cAnd I think she realised it the moment we came out of the house and Zaid had a word with her, and she\u2019s, you know, we\u2019ve kind of talked about it and laughed about it,\u201d she added.However, Mini admitted that Nikhil remained her \u201cOG alliance\u201d throughout the game and that she would prioritise him over others.\u201cBut yes, of course, Nikhil was my OG alliance and I would prioritise him over everybody else. But I also prioritised Zaid in the fact that I actually played the finale with Zaid, and that was my understanding with him all along, that Zaid, I appreciate your skills and I need to play the finale week with you, which we did,\u201d she said.Mini was also questioned about her stint as an Ace, which received mixed reactions from viewers, with some accusing her of being biased during the task. Asked if she would change anything about her decisions if given a chance, Mini was firm that she would not.\u201cI would not change a thing. I think if you saw the Aces that came after me, you would realise that I was by far the most fair Ace the game had seen,\u201d she said.Explaining her decision to return points and diamonds to the Legends, Mini said she wanted to support the team that was struggling at the time.\u201cThe reason I gave Legends the points and the diamonds back that week was because they were at the bottom, and like I said in the show, I would have given the benefit to any team that was at the bottom and needed help,\u201d she explained.Mini maintained that her decision was based on fairness rather than personal friendships, even though several of her friends happened to be part of Legends at the time.\u201cSometimes you need to help the people who are struggling and not the people who are your friends. It just so happened that all my friends were in Legends that week,\u201d she said.Comparing her gameplay with the Aces who followed her, Mini added, \u201cLook at the way the other Aces played after me. I think I played with my gut and my sense of fairness, and I think this is quite crazy, an allegation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mini Mathur emerged as the winner of the reality show Alliance, navigating alliances, tasks and intense relationships during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[263366,18,117,23193,19,17,5824,17443,271250,128],"class_list":["post-641412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-alliance-reality-show","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-gauahar-khan","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-legends","tag-mini-mathur","tag-relationships-in-reality-shows","tag-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117109816698382530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}