Ranveer Allahbadia
has been facing a lot of backlash ever since his appearance on
Samay Raina
‘s show ‘
India’s Got Latent
‘. The influencer asked a contestant, “Would you rather watch your parents have sex every day for the rest of your life or join in once and stop it forever?” This did not go down well with netizens and many have also unfollowed him. According to a report by an
influencer marketing
firm, he has lost around 8000 followers.
Meanwhile, now it looks like Virat Kohli has also unfollowed Ranveer. A screenshot of Virat’s following list has gone viral and when one searched for Ranveer, netizens could see that the ace cricketer has unfollowed him after this controversy. Here’s how people have reacted as a media portal Instant Bollywood, shared this screenshot. A user said, “He knows what is perfect for this generation.” Another one said, “that’s just Virat’s pr team to stay away from drama!”
Many also appreciated Virat for the same. A person said, “Good work virat I’m with you & public should be learn from you 👍✅” A fan wrote, “King Kohli respect ❤️🔥”
Ranveer is expected to appear before police in a day or two to record his statement as an FIR has been filed against him, Samay, Apoorva Makhija, Ashish Chachlani and the producers of ‘India’s Got Latent’.
Both Samay and Ranveer have issued their apology and this episode has now been taken off Youtube. Samay also said that he would co-operate with the police officials. He wrote, “Everything that is happening has been too much for me to handle. I have removed all India’s Got Latent videos from my channel. My only objective was to make people laugh and have a good time. I will fully cooperate with all agencies to ensure their inquiries are concluded fairly. Thank you.”
Ranveer had dropped a video and stated in his apology, “My comment wasn’t just inappropriate, it wasn’t even funny. Comedy is not my forte. I am just here to say sorry. Many of you have asked if this is how I want to use my platform. Obviously this is not how I wish to use it.
CM of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis was asked about it by the media. Responding to it, he said, “Everyone has freedom of speech, but this freedom ends when we encroach upon others’ freedom. If anyone crosses these limits, action will be taken. I am not here to give any context, justification or reasoning whatever happened. I am just here for an apology. I personally had a lapse in judgment, it wasn’t cool on my part. The podcast is watched by people of all ages. Don’t want to be the kind of person that takes that responsibility lightly. Family is the last thing I would ever disrespect”
Ranveer is expected to record his statement with the police in a day or two. As per reports, the influencer has requested if he can record the statement at his own house instead of police station but the officials have refused. Meanwhile, Apoorva was spotted at Khar police station on Wednesday to record the statement. While many have criticised Samay’s show and Ranveer’s remarks, some people have also come out in favour of Ranveer and Samay, for instance, film-maker Vivek Agnihotri.
‘The Kashmir Files’ director penned a note and expressed that religious organisations and politicians should not be interfering in this matter and making it so big. He also spoke about how art and creative freedom are curbed by such limitations.
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