Lock Upp Exclusive: Ali Merchant feels host Kangana Ranaut was sometimes mean; says ‘it was all for my benefit’
Updated : April 29, 2022 05:25 PM IST
Last to last week, DJ Ali Merchant received the highest votes in Ekta Kapoor’s reality show Lock Upp . Which is why it came as a shock for many viewers when he was asked to leave a week later on the last Judgment Day. Host Kangana Ranaut announced that he along with his fellow kaidi Poonam Pandey had landed in the bottom two of the week. Bollywood’s Queen lauded Ali for coming so far in the game but went on to state that if the choice is between him and Poonam, she will save the latter.
Kangana had also joked that Ali is harmless while the DJ accepted he’s not badass enough for her jail. Well, during an exclusive chat with Desimartini, Ali opened up about Kangana and her OTT debut with Lock Upp as a host. He shared, “It’s amazing! This show is on number 1, has been number 1. Like I was there for like 45 days. It was tremendous. She used to obviously, matlab kabhi kabhi mere se bhi thodi mean ho jaati thi, thodi nahi bohot mean hoti thi (laughs).”
He went on to explain, “Okay but then obviously when I got out I realized it was all for my benefit and it was all for giving me all the confidence which I had lost kyunki bohot saalo baad I had come back into entertainment and that definitely has helped me personally a lot in life ki yaar kabhi bhi khud ko kum mat samjho kisi se bhi.”
What do you think of Kangana’s hosting skills as audience?