"I know I must have sounded aggressive from in there, shouting Har har mahadev and all that. I admit I am a sanki (temperamental) type. But I'm not a bad person. I went in there not to earn money—by the grace of God I'm making plenty --but to de-toxicate myself from several emotional and physical addictions."
Ravi is obviously referring to his much-talked about affair with his favourite Bhojpuri actress. "Let's not take names now. I'm beyond name-calling. I've done enough fighting in there to last me a life-time. But you know what? All that happened inside that house already seems so distant.
Circumstances in there were so strange, there was bound to be a lot of tension and friction. Now outside that house surrounded by all the ex-inmates I feel no grudge for anyone....not even Rakhi Sawant or Aryan Vaid."
He singles out Rahul Roy and Amit Saadh as his friends in Bigg Boss. "And why only, them we were all friends. It's just that we were put together under one roof with cameras constantly watching us. So we were behaving abnormally."
Ravi's greatest joy after being evicted is to see his family. "I've missed my wife and children so much! I've cried in there for them. Now I can't believe I'm standing here with next to me. Mujhe mera sansar mila gaya. Who needs to win when I've my family with me. I feel I've won on Bigg Boss although I'm out.
My greatest lesson in that house has been that there's no joy greater than the family. I just want to spend time with them. I feel I've been neglecting them because of my work. Now's the time to let them know that they matter to me more than anything else."
Ravi says he has come out of the house ready to use all his experiences in his Bhojpuri films. "I've enough material with me for many movies. And I plan to use these experiences in my films. I think I've come out a better actor because I've come out a better human being. I don't even remember the fights in there. I don't want to."
And then the clincher, "By the way what have the other inmates saying about me after being evicted?"