Just a few years after cricketers KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya’s Koffee With Karan episode created an uproar on social media, Suniel Shetty who’s KL Rahul’s father-in-law lately commented on the controversy. The actor mentioned that Hardik could have gotten ‘carried away’, however the anchor of the movie star chat present, Karan Johar, stored pushing him. Suniel mentioned the format of Koffee With Karan is such that ‘youngsters get excited and so they say stuff’. Now, Reddit is reacting to Suniel’s newest assertion. Also learn: Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul episode of Koffee With Karan pulled down as cricketers face warmth
After their Koffee With Karan episode throughout the Karan Johar-hosted present’s sixth season in 2019, a few of the feedback made by the cricketers had been seen as ‘sexist’. Despite an apology to followers and their very own teammates, they had been suspended by the BCCI and ousted from a three-match ODI sequence towards Australia. The duo was later fined ₹20 lakh every by the BCCI. Filmmaker Karan Johar on the time had additionally mentioned that he felt ‘very responsible’ in regards to the repercussions that the cricketers needed to face.
“You know when that interview of him (KL Rahul) and Hardik (Pandya) came… Hardik probably got carried away. But when you have an anchor (Karan Johar) shoving it down your throat, what do you do? So it is the format of the show (Koffee With Karan), you get kids excited and they say stuff and then Bollywood is being banned,” Suniel told Ranveer Allahbadia on his podcast The Ranveer Show.
The actor further said, “So I think we all, you as an anchor, me as a guest, we all need to be responsible because if you ask me a question that I feel I can’t answer doesn’t mean (I should feel) that I am inferior to anybody. When that happens, that’s when things go wrong, and it should never go wrong. You should have the guts to say things as they are and as they should be.”
The video of Suniel speaking about Koffee With Karan and Karan Johar as a bunch was lately shared on Reddit by Bolly Blinds N Gossip, and lots of appeared to agree together with his take. One particular person wrote, “KL Rahul did not say something dangerous, did he? They weren’t precisely ‘youngsters’, after they went on the present, however I agree with Suniel’s final level that everybody – anchor and the visitors – must be accountable about what they are saying.” Another comment read, “KL Rahul was just about within the fallacious place on the fallacious time. Didn’t deserve the backlash. It was Hardik being inappropriate, and Karan egging him on.”
An individual additionally wrote, “The whole point of going on KWK (Koffee With Karan) is to give spicy answers and get talked about, otherwise don’t go on the show or don’t answer. You can say ‘no comments’ and not get any backlash. I also never understood why any of these guys need to be on KWK…”
Source: www.hindustantimes.com