The actor went on to share more screenshots of similar posts, suggesting they followed an identical pattern. “This is not an e-lafda but just how incel internet will get to the pits to minimise women. All this is happening because I take a stand and still will, lol,” she wrote. In another Story, she described the online campaign as a “hot pile of garbage’. <\/p>\n
Kusha revisits fallout with Samay Raina<\/p>\n
Addressing her history with Samay, Kusha acknowledged that the two were once friends before their relationship deteriorated after appearing together on Pretty Good Roast Show, hosted by Ashish Solanki.<\/p>\n
“There was no script shared, no contract signed, and no jokes shared beforehand. Everything was done in good faith. I had no idea what was coming my way,” maintained Kusha.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the experience, she added, “The jokes made at my expense were horrible, and I stand by my stance that they should have been censored.”<\/p>\n
Kusha also reshared the statement she had issued in the aftermath of the roast in 2024, reiterating that the remarks made during the show had “dehumanised” her.<\/p>\n
“I blocked both Samay and Ashish. It has taken me a lot of time and therapy to undo the shame and ridicule I felt that day. I genuinely wish that roast had never happened to me,” she wrote.<\/p>\n
Responds to claims about Samay’s controversy<\/p>\n
Kusha also denied accusations that she celebrated Samay’s legal and public troubles earlier this year after controversy surrounding India’s Got Latent.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t celebrate Samay Raina’s downfall,” she said, adding that there was no evidence to support such claims. “Multiple publications reached out to me, asking me to speak against him, but I chose not to.”<\/p>\n
Samay landed in controversy after remarks made by guest Ranveer Allahbadia on the first season of India’s Got Latent sparked widespread backlash. The incident resulted in multiple FIRs and the show’s episodes being removed from YouTube. Samay later returned with his stand-up special Still Alive, while India’s Got Latent also made a comeback with a second season.<\/p>\n
‘I am not friends with Samay’<\/p>\n
Kusha made it clear that there has been no reconciliation between the two.<\/p>\n
“I am not friends with Samay,” she wrote. “I will never, ever, ever be on Latent, nor do I want to be.”<\/p>\n
She explained that while they had attempted to be cordial after the fallout, they had agreed not to discuss each other publicly.<\/p>\n
Responding to a recent viral video showing both of them attending singer Jasleen Royal’s birthday celebration, Kusha said their presence at the same event should not be interpreted as a sign of renewed friendship.<\/p>\n
“Samay happened to be there as well. That doesn’t mean anything. The video may make it look like we hang out, but we don’t. We didn’t even interact in that clip,” she wrote.<\/p>\n
Calling for an end to the speculation, Kusha added, “Stop it with your ridiculous seeding. Stop minimising women. You can forget everything, but can’t forget just disrespect.”<\/p>\n
She also said, “I have worked as hard as anybody else to be where I am today. Incel meme pages, seeding companies need to stop disempowering me every chance they get. I will still work hard. I will not let this be my entire life. Please stop it.”<\/p>\n
In another Story, Kusha shared a zoomed-in version of the viral selfie to show that the woman beside Samay was someone else.<\/p>\n
Lakshana is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist with over a decade of experience. She covers a wide range of stories\u2014from community and health to mental health and inspiring people features. <\/p>\n
A passionate K-pop enthusiast, she also enjoys exploring the cultural impact of music and fandoms through her writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The actor went on to share more screenshots of similar posts, suggesting they followed an identical pattern. “This…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-547208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}