On the Pretty Good Roast Show, Kusha Kapila has finally responded to Samay Raina’s disparaging remarks about her and her split from Zorawar Singh Ahluwalia. Some of Samay Raina’s remarks regarding the actress’s marriage, divorce, and sexual life had to be edited. Despite Kusha treating the roast like a game, some of her fans let her know that they didn’t enjoy Samay’s jokes.

Kusha recently discussed her thoughts on the incident on her YouTube community notes. “Friends, a recent roast I participated in has caused many of my queer and female followers to wonder why I put up with something that I could have avoided, and WITH GOOD REASON,” the author wrote.

“Jokes weren’t shared beforehand (as it’s done in all roast formats in the West) so 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. 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 dehumanised me. It was shockingly unkind,” she added.

She continued, “Mine was the first episode to be shot (was shot in January) so everyone had a fair bit of learnings post shoot which is why in other episodes, boundaries haven’t been crossed, especially with women. Last six months since the episode was shot, I have been a part of various calls and negotiations for every word, every joke, every slur (literal begging has happened). If I hadn’t let the episode go live, I would have been called a coward and a crybaby and a different kind of trolling would have ensued.”

She said that while she also disapproves of Samay’s jokes like the many female audience members present at the venue, she takes pride in the fact that she sat through it and found the “gumption” to perform her jokes as well.