The Joke that Divided the Internet: Samay Raina’s Tasteless Joke Stand on Deepika Padukone Sparks Controversy!
The Controversy is About:
In a recent episode of India's Got Talent hosted by Comedian Samay Raina, a contestant, while performing on stage, took a joke at Deepika Padukone's postpartum struggles and mental health condition. The insensitive joke, which was met with laughter from the audience and judges, ignited a firestorm of criticism online. Many viewers condemned the comedian's lack of empathy and the show's lenient attitude towards such harmful humor.
A netizen replied “without even understanding the sensitivity of the some of the issuesin today’s worldsome people are just mockery in the name of the comedyâ€
Samay Raina’s Reaction:
After the controversy erupted, the comedian shared a Reddit post about the incident on his social media platforms. He put up a Instagram story stating "To everyone who is outraging on Twitter, one request: Could you please outrage in my YouTube comment section so I get some ad revenue from the traction, at least." along with the link of the video in which the joke is about.
The Background Plot:
A contestant named Bunty Banerjee appeared on a recent episode of Samay Raina's online talent show, India's Got Talent. During his performance, he made a joke about Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh's newborn daughter, The joke was "Deepika Padukone also became a mother recently, right. Great, now she knows what depression really looks like," which was met with mixed reactions. The show's judges, including Tanmay Bhat, Raghu Ram, and Dr. Sid Warrie.
How’s fans reaction?
The joke that divided the internet into two halves as Deepika Padukone’s fans united against the joke was cracked on her depression. A woman wrote, “Welcome to India where you will find one woman making fun of another woman just to get male validation Deepika never blamed anyone for her depression she just wanted people to talk openly about their mental health."
On the other part, “Right wing wale religion/modi pe jokes par offend hote hai toh leftist/wokeist intolerance pe gyaan pelate hai. It's just a joke bolte hai. Par Ab khud ispe offend ho rahe hai. Joke ko joke ki tarah Lena sikho dono sides.†a netizen came up with!
A woman commented “Another reason to love India's Got Latent -
I saw a lady on India's Got Latent humorously in her comic performance saying, "As Deepika Padukone is now pregnant, now she will understand what 'Depression' actually looks like." Good to see people be it comically calling out her so-called fake PR merchant propaganda of depression which she started during the SSR incident. Such people shouldn't be spared who just try to wash their hands by using propaganda and PR by using this fantastic jargon of 'Depression’.â€
Also, there is a commentator “Deepika Padukone did not just stopped taking about depression once she got the help she needed btw, she found a foundation that still active & helps people, search & you would find her creating awareness from international stages to rural parts of India.†praises Deepika’s efforts.
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