After Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul mired themselves in a controversy over their ‘sexist’ remarks on Koffee With Karan 6, Karan Johar was dragged into it as well considering the fact that the cricketers featured on his show. Karan, however, admitted during his conversation with a leading channel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, that he felt disheartened after “accusations of propagating misogyny” were levelled against him with respect to the aforementioned controversy.
"A lot of people came up to me and said you could have edited it. The irony here is that the show is run by women 60-70% and none of us realised it. It's edited by a woman, produced by a woman, directed by a woman. I am an empowered feminist. I have been raised by a strong woman. When I am accused of misogyny or that I am propagating misogyny that's disheartening for me. It makes me rethink my own value system about what my projections are. And now I am second guessing everything and that's a good thing. If we have offended people we have to apologise. Because that was never the intent," Karan told the channel.
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Hardik Pandya, KJo and KL Rahul photographed at KWK 6[/caption]
Hardik, along with KL Rahul, appeared on Koffee With Karan 6 and after the episode aired earlier in January, the cricketers were trolled as well as censured on social media for their ‘misogynistic’ remarks on the show. Soon after, Hardik issued an apology note, in which he wrote that he “got carried away with the nature of the show.”
Moreover, Karan also added that his chat show isn’t meant for “deep thinking soulful” viewers. "The question I asked them, I ask even the girls. I ask them because I like these kinds of erratic, irregular, stupid details that are fun and silly and millennial because I am a wannabe millennial. And, that's what the show is. If you are a deep thinking soulful person, you must not tune in and watch Koffee with Karan. It's not your cup of tea then. You have to watch it if you want to be fun, stupid and irreverent," Karan said.
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The controversy had become intense enough so much so that Hotstar – the video streaming website – that airs the program – pulled off the episode while BCCI issued show cause notices to Hardik and Rahul in lieu of their comments on women.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) of BCCI on Thursday, meanwhile, lifted the suspensions of Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul with immediate effect, which was imposed for their comments on the show.
