{"id":858901,"date":"2026-08-15T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/858901\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:12:10","slug":"lalit-modi-shuts-rumours-of-doing-bigg-boss-20-businessman-calls-out-fake-news-and-issues-legal-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/858901\/","title":{"rendered":"Lalit Modi shuts rumours of doing Bigg Boss 20; businessman calls out \u2018fake news\u2019 and issues legal notice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lalit Businessman and former IPL chairman Lalit Modi has strongly denied reports claiming that he will be participating in the upcoming season of Bigg Boss 20. Calling the reports \u201cfake news,\u201d Modi clarified that he has neither been approached for the reality show nor has any intention of participating in it.The clarification came after several reports and social media posts claimed that Modi could be among the contestants of the 20th season of the popular reality show, which is hosted by Salman Khan<\/a>. The contestant list for the upcoming season has not yet been officially announced.Taking to social media, Lalit Modi addressed the speculation directly and expressed his displeasure over reports being published without verifying the information with him.\u201cFAKE NEWS. PERIOD. I have NOT been approached for Bigg Boss 20. I am NOT participating in Bigg Boss 20. And I have NO intention of doing so. Amazing how a completely fabricated story can become \u2018news\u2019 without anyone bothering to ask the person concerned,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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Share Opinion<\/a>Modi also questioned the practice of publishing unverified reports and urged media organisations to verify information with the concerned person before reporting it. \u201cPerhaps next time, verify before you publish,\u201d he added.According to the notice, the reports claiming that Modi had been approached or signed for the reality show were described as false and baseless. Modi has called on the concerned publications to take down the reports promoting what he says is fake information about his participation.Fans also reacted to Lalit Modi\u2019s clarification, with many expressing surprise over the reports and supporting his decision to call out the misinformation. Some users questioned how such claims made their way into circulation without being verified, while others found his blunt \u201cFAKE NEWS. PERIOD.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Businessman and former IPL chairman Lalit Modi has strongly denied reports claiming that he will be participating in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[298734,39322,49,48,75,11818,298736,298735,34211,3216,348],"class_list":["post-858901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bigg-boss-20","tag-businessman","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-fake-news","tag-lalit-modi-bigg-boss","tag-media-verification","tag-reality-show","tag-salman-khan","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}