 Coming out as transgender at a young age, she ran into problems with her family due to her gender identity, and illicit affair with Ramnik Sharma, a self-proclaimed transgender himself.Her mother died when Darling was a teenager.She said in a 2009 interview that her appearance on the reality show "Sacch Ka Saamna" (, "Facing the Truth"), the Indian version of the popular American show "The Moment of Truth", helped reunite her with her father.