Kusha Kapila reacts to Samay Raina’s roast

The influencer was recently featured on Aashish Solanki’s ‘Pretty Good Roast’ show on YouTube, where a stand-up comedian cracked unwarranted jokes about her.

Kusha Kapila often makes headlines for her comedic and relatable social media content. She has now also become an actor who enjoys a massive following on Instagram. Recently, she attended Aashish Solanki’s “Pretty Good Roast” and was subjected to some unwarranted jokes by stand-up comedian Samay Raina.

Kusha Kapila opened up about “raspy jokes” on her.

The influencer-actor, fashion editor, comedian, and YouTuber opened up about “raspy jokes” on her divorce from Zohrawar Singh Ahluwalia in a shockingly unkind roast by the stand-up comedian Samay Raina on the Pretty Good Roast show on YouTube.

Kusha Kapila shares a lengthy note on social media.

She wrote, “It was done in good faith and for a friend. Nobody has been paid (neither comics nor guests) for it, so the argument that people are being paid big fat cheques to hear their insults is baseless. I had no idea what was in store for me. Maybe I should have asked for a script and known better, but since friends were involved, I didn’t. Rookie mistake. She added, “While I endured some of the really raspy jokes in front of a live audience and technicians, I absolutely was not okay for it to play for millions of people since some jokes straight up dehumanized me. It was shockingly unkind.”

Kusha spoke about being told she deserves such jokes.

Speaking more on the horrifying experience, she said, “Mine was the first episode to be shot (was shot in January) so everyone had fair bit of learnings post shoot which is why in other episodes, boundaries haven’t been crossed, especially with women. Over the course of last six months during negotiations, I have been told that I deserve these jokes and that as a divorced woman I should have seen this coming. Maybe I should have and maybe silence on this topic is seen as cowardice but it’s mostly choosing peace over endless discourse that will likely villainize women.” She continued, “A considerable section of the male audience believing I deserve this roast further proves our decision to censor the jokes. You may write something as a joke, but it’s not in your hands if it will be perceived as one. Many women in the live audience post the roast shared their disapproval of the jokes, and I understood where they came from, and I, too, come from the same place.”

Kusha, concluding the note, said that she “didn’t stage a walkout, and found the gumption to still perform.”