Sehwag had criticized Maxwell for his poor showing in the IPL 2020.
Taking a jibe on Maxwell’s price tag in the IPL auction, Sehwag had termed the Australian cricketer a '10-crore cheerleader'.
Maxwell had a terrible outing in the IPL 2020 and could only score 108 runs with a strike-rate of 101.88 in 13 innings.
"Maxwell has a record of shirking work in the past few seasons, but this time he outdid himself. This is what you call a highly paid vacation," Sehwag had said.
Reacting to the former Indian opener’s comment, Maxwell told The West Australian: "It’s ok. Viru is pretty outspoken with his dislike of me, and that’s fine. He’s allowed to say whatever he likes.”
"He’s in the media for such statements, so that’s fine. I deal with that and move on, and take it with a grain of salt with Sehwag."
Maxwell, who had taken a sabbatical from the game last year to sort out mental health issues, further said he is better at handling such situations now.
"I think I’m better equipped with dealing with those sorts of things now," he said.
"I think in hindsight it was a pretty good time to go through something like that where I was able to put some groundwork in to deal with adversity. This year has certainly been a massive test of it.
"To be able to help people through different times of tough periods and be able to help myself through those tough periods has been really key as well."
Knowing for his six-hitting ability, Maxwell also failed to smash a single six in the tournament.
"I was an inch short in one of the games," he said.
"All I thought was, ’Geez I should have gone to the gym a few more times before this game’.
"Having won the most sixes twice in that tournament, it’s pretty rare to go through a whole tournament without hitting one.
"I certainly copped a bit from a few of my teammates, but it was all in good jest."