Ashneer Grover faces criticism after he forces comedian to remove 'roast' video | Details here

Ashneer Grover, the founder of BharatPe, faced controversy for requesting comedian Aashish Solanki to remove a segment from a roast video they were both part of. Social media users criticized Grover for his ‘dictatorial behavior.’

Ashneer Grover appeared on comedian and ‘Comicstaan 3’ winner Aashish Solanki's 'Pretty Good Roast Show.' A viral clip from the show featured Solanki roasting Grover about his removal as managing director of BharatPe.

‘TV pe log talent dikhane jaat hai, ye aukat dikha ke aa gaya. Samajh gaye kiski baat kar raha hoon main? Apni company se kaun nikala jata hai yaar (People show their talent on TV, he showed everyone his status. Which entrepreneur gets kicked out of their own company?)’ Solanki said.

The mention was about BharatPe removing Ashneer Grover as managing director in 2022 due to alleged embezzlement of funds by his family members. The case is now in court.

The joke seemed to have upset Grover, and Solanki claimed that the entrepreneur requested him to remove his segment from the episode as he found the roast offensive.

In a recent post on X and Instagram, Solanki explained that the full episode was taken down from YouTube because he lacked the ‘money to fight a legal battle.’

‘Ep 5 of Pretty Good Roast hata diya hai doston. Legal battle ladne ka paisa nahi hai. Sab show pe laga diya tha (The episode has been removed as I don't have money to fight a legal battle. I used up all of my money for this show),’ he tweeted.

‘The response of previous episodes led us to believe our audiences were ready for roast humour. However, it seems that some, especially those in power, are not quite there yet,’ he further said.

Although the video has been removed from YouTube and Solanki's Instagram page, it remains widely available, sparking outrage against the former Shark Tank judge.

A user commented, ‘Made Ashish delete the whole video. Peak Doglapan (hypocrite),’ referring to the word made famous by Grover during an episode of ‘Shark Tank’.

Another tweeted, ‘Why did he even attend a freaking roast show if he can't handle the roasting!!’ A third called him ‘the Rakhi Sawant of startup world’.

Another entrepreneur slammed Grover for appearing on the show if he couldn't handle jokes about himself.

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