If you have been paying attention then this will come as no surprise, our very own King of Romance, mega superstar Shah Rukh Khan, maintains he is shy of women.

He has said this many times through out his career and recently in an interview with the weekly newsmagazine Tehelka, the King Khan revealed why he talks so much about his son Aryan and so little of his daughter Suhana: "It's not that I'm not proud of her. In fact, I'm more proud of her in a certain way than even my son perhaps. But I'm shy of women.

"It's very shocking, but even with her friends, I can't play for too long. I think girls should be left on their own. And I've got this thing - I've never seen the inside of my wife's cupboard, or her handbag, or her drawers, or whatever. I've been married since '91, and I can't do it. I think a woman should have a lot of privacy. I'm like that even with my daughter."

However, having said that, SRK admitted that most of his closest friends are women – Farah Khan , Juhi Chawla and Kajol – and most his male friends like Karan Johar are not very macho either.

About his much discussed "asexuality" he had this to say: "Its not asexuality. I'm just shy of women. I wouldn't know how to pick up a lover. If that's the right word to use."

"Sometimes girls say they like me. I don't know what to say, so before she thinks I'm foolish or asexual, I just say something funny. The best way to kill romance is to joke. And, again it's that conservative thing - I can't make the first move..."

Often castigated for dancing at wedding for pay, SRK answered: "I do perform at weddings. But it is very difficult to afford what I demand. You have to do it like a show, it has to be in an area where nobody drinks and eats, it will start at 9 p.m. and end at 11.30 p.m., the stage will be 30 by 40 feet, we will make our entries, we will not chat with anyone, we will not eat your food, we will not take pictures with your daughter or daughter-in-law, unless we personally want to. We will come, perform, and we will go away."

On the subject of films, SRK said he simply that he doesn't watch them. "I get corrupted. When I see a good film and it doesn't do well, or I see a bad film, and it does well, it confuses me. I saw Rang De Basanti. It was very well done. I was supposed to do a part in it. It was lying with me for about a year. I was shocked by the fact that I couldn't read into the script. I just didn't see any of it."

Khan also admitted that he didn't like close friend Aditya Chopra's recent hit film Dhoom 2 because he felt it lacked sensibility.