Gaurav Gera On Video Mocking Neha Kakkar: “I Would Not Want To Hurt Her Because I Am A Fan”!

Gaurav Gera and Kiku Sharda are amongst the best comedians of the nation. They had been entertaining audiences for quite a long time and people have loved how they can make everyone laugh out loud. However, they were in the news yesterday for all the wrong reasons. They had made a video on Neha Kakkar, but more than being funny, it seemed like the video mocked the singer. From shaming her for her height to saying that she earns by singing ‘kuch bhi’. Not just did Neha Kakkar say that she felt extremely disappointed at such depictions, but even her brother, Tony Kakkar criticised this act!

Gaurav Gera said that he would like to apologise to Neha. Talking to TOI, he said,

"I would not want to hurt her because I am a fan of hers. I love the way she sings and her songs are definitely parties ki jaan (her songs add fun to the party). Even if I don't know her personally, we share greetings with each other whenever we meet. Her talent is totally appreciated; I am nobody to prove it to her. She has 30 million followers on Instagram who are there to prove her that how much they love her. "And she has not directly blamed us. She has also shared her disappointment towards the channel. The channel has removed the video. Kiku and I we both were talking and we are a fan of hers. Who doesn't love her? We are proud of her. She is got India name and fame. My idea was not to hurt her. She is fantastic, a rockstar and she doesn't need me to say it. I didn't even know about the height part, and I myself don't have an average height. Kiku is short heighted. We make fun of each other so much in all the episodes. Meri koi aukat nahi hai to tell her anything... (I am no one to comment on her). I really had no idea that she would be so hurt."

He also said that he would never have wanted to hurt her and that wasn’t the idea at all. In fact, they had even removed many portions that they felt weren’t in good taste! He said,

"The idea was definitely not to hurt her. She shouldn't have any haters, we have not done this because we hate her. I am just an actor and that is just a show. We were given a few lines to enact by the writers, the channel, the production house. They are more sensible than us and they have their own working equation with Neha because she does a show (Indian Idol 11) for them. I don't have that equation with them. I did a show after 13 years with the channel Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin, so I leave it to them. I am hired to act and mouth the line which are given to me, definitely we tried (Kiku Sharda and I) a lot to town down few things. We cut a lot of things because we felt it was not in good taste. We did try our best. We shot a lot throughout the day."

He also added, “"I have always tried to stay away from controversy. I have tried my best to even stay away from shows on TV. Even during the shoot we kept saying where we felt it is going overboard. We tried our best, but whatever they felt should go they aired and rest they edited out. You have seen what I do when it comes to comedy. I thought they (Channel and Production house) work on so many comedy shows on the small screen they must be aware of the sensibilities. They know what runs and also they had an equation with Neha so they should have known where to stop. But I would like to apologise to her and I love her. She is fantastic."