Comedian Samay Raina has finally broken his silence on the old controversy of ‘India’s Got Latent’, which had created a lot of uproar on the internet. In his new stand-up special ‘Samay Raina Still Alive’, he told that podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia had asked that controversial question not once, but eight times. Samay jokingly said that during the edit, he had removed many other strange things about Ranveer, but one question still remained.
The real story of the controversy
Samay told in his desi style that when he saw the final cut of the episode, he realized that Ranveer had said a lot of controversial things. Samay said, ‘I thought let’s remove the rest and keep only a part.’ He also jokingly said that he had removed 99 percent of the wrong content from the episode. Now these timely sayings are becoming increasingly viral on social media and people are praising his frankness.
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Colleagues received threats
The time after this controversy was very tense. Samay shared that he felt very bad when his fellow comedians started receiving death threats and legal notices. This period was not easy for him, because due to this whole situation his parents also started feeling very worried and worried.
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Won the hearts of fans with honesty
Although it is a comedy show and some things have been presented in it a bit exaggeratedly, still fans are appreciating the honesty of the times. His fans are very happy with the way he accepted his mistake and difficult situation on this entire issue. Time has shown that behind the laughter and fun there are many challenges that shake an artist to the core.