 "Samay Raina removes all 'India's Got Latent' episodes from YouTube, says 'Everything that is happening has been too much for me to handle', netizens say 'When you were mocking someone's mental health...'")
Comedian Samay Raina on Wednesday said he has removed all episodes of “India’s Got Latent” from his YouTube channel, days after the show landed in a controversy over a remark by influencer Ranveer Allahbadia.
In his first response since the controversy erupted earlier this week, Raina said he will fully cooperate with all the investigating agencies in their probe.
“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,” Raina, 27, posted on X.
Everything that is happening has been too much for me to handle. I have removed all Indias 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.…
— Samay Raina (@ReheSamay) February 12, 2025
One user wrote on his post- “when you were mocking someone’s mental health and people were calling you out, you replied with this. Ab kya huwa?”
Another said, “I still don’t support vulgar comedy, but it seems like things escalated because of pressure from OTT platforms that saw you as competition. You’re talented enough to create clean comedy and stay out of this mess. Wishing you a clean comeback!”
Allahbadia, 31, stirred up a major controversy with comments on parents and sex on Raina’s show that went viral on social media on Monday, leading widespread criticism and multiple police complaints in Mumbai and Guwahati.
The influencer, popularly known as BeerBiceps, has already apologised for his “lapse in judgement” but the issue has refused to die down.
The Maharashtra Cyber Department on Tuesday registered an FIR against the show and has summoned more than 40 persons, including Allahbadia and Raina, asking them to join the probe.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked Allahbadia, Raina, Apoorva Makhija, Jaspreet Singh, and Ashish Chanchlani, as well as the show’s producers Tushar Poojari and Saurabh Bothra to appear before it on February 17 in New Delhi.
The issue was also raised in Parliament by Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske who called for a law to regulate social media.
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