A still from the video of Ranveer Allahbadia asking his inappropriate question and a still from the OG Crew video from where he likely got his 'joke'.
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Podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia is in hot water following his obscene 'joke' on comedian Samay Raina's show India's Got Latent, which has gotten him, Raina, Apoorva Mukhija (The Rebel Kid), and the show itself booked.
However, the comment he made during the show was not even an original one, the internet found out -- as it dug up a YouTube video by the OG Crew from two weeks ago that makes the same comment.
In their video, two of the members of the channel play a game of Truth or Drink where they ask each other questions to get the opponent to drink rather than answer the question.
One of the questions is the same one that Allahbadia asked the contestant on Raina's show, which later created the massive controversy.
Allahbadia has tendered an unconditional apology, admitting that his comment was not only inappropriate but also not funny.
"I am not going to give any context, justification or reasoning behind whatever happened. Have asked the makers of the video to remove the insensitive sections from the video and all I can say in the end is sorry. I hope you can forgive me as a human being," he said.
Allahbadia's question also drew ire on social media with journalist and lyricist Neelesh Misra calling the panel of the show "perverted creators who are shaping our country’s creative economy".
Congress' Supriya Shrinate wrote on X: "This isn’t creative. It’s pervert. And we can’t normalise perverse behaviour as cool. The fact that this sick comment met loud applause must worry us all."
Guwahati Police on Monday registered a case against Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Raina, Ashish Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh and Apoorva Makhija.
Ranveer Allahbadia was among those who received an award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the first-ever National Creators' Awards at the Bharat Mandapam.
Meanwhile, Samay Raina is not new to controversies and had made headlines after his roast of actor Kusha Kapila targeting her and Zorawar's divorce.