Samay Raina On Rejecting OTT Offers For India’s Got Latent: ‘I Want To Keep It Raw Even If...’
Samay Raina, Ranveer Allahbadia, Jaspreet Singh, Apoorva Mukhija, and Ashish Chanchlani have been named in two separate FIRs as the India’s Got Latent controversy intensifies.
For the past few days, India’s Got Latent and its host, Samay Raina, have been at the centre of a heated social media debate. The YouTube show has come under fire for its content, which is a mix of racist undertones and offensive humour.
With two FIRs, multiple complaints, and growing calls to ban the show, an old video of Samay Raina explaining why he rejected OTT offers for his “pointless reality show" has gone viral.
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In the clip, the comedian admits to receiving lucrative offers from streaming platforms but he doubled down on creative freedom, claiming OTTs would restrict his content, while memberships allow him to keep it raw, even if it courts controversy.
“Thanks to memberships, I’m already in profit. Do you get it? And that makes me happy because right now, OTT platforms are offering me huge sums to bring India’s Got Latent to their platforms. But the problem? They’ll have too much control over the content," said Samay Raina.
He continued, “Memberships allow me to stay independent. I can keep the show exactly as it is. I don’t want to cut this joke, I don’t want to mute certain things. I want it to stay raw. Controversy might follow, but I’d rather keep it raw."
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