Samay Raina's YouTube show India's Got Latent is known to push the boundaries with its edgy and often dark humour. However, the internet seems that a line may have been crossed in the recent episode wherein a contestant appeared to mock actor Deepika Padukone 's battle with depression. ( Also read: Deepika Padukone shares post on ‘cute things babies do’ after welcoming daughter Dua ) The joke that divided the internet India's Got Latent is an online talent show created by comic Samay Raina , who sits on the judges' panel himself with other comics and content creators.
On the latest episode, he was joined by Tanmay Bhat, Raghu Ram, neurologist Dr Sid Warrier, and Balraj Singh Ghai. A clip from the episode shows a contestant named Bunty Banerjee referring to the birth of Deepika and Ranveer Singh's daughter Dua. "Deepika Padukone also became a mother recently, right.
Great, now she knows what depression really looks like," she says in the clip. The camera then pans to the show's creator Samay and other panelists, including Raghu Ram and Tanmay Bhat laughing and exclaiming in disbelief. At first, Tanmay buries his head in his hands before looking at Samay and laughing.
Samay, too, laughs and applauds the joke. The contestant then adds, "I am not trying to insult breakup-wala depression," before pausing and adding, “I am.” Fans' reactions The short clip was shared on Reddit, where social media users criticised the joke for 'trivialising mental health'.
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