- By Tapapriya Dutta
- Wed, 22 Jan 2025 02:51 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Bigg Boss 18 has culminated and Karanveer Mehra was announced as the winner of this season. Before the grand finale, there was a panel discussion with the media was organised inside the house where several celebrities were seen supporting their favourite finalists. One among them was Elvish Yadav, who supported Rajat Dalal. He received severe backlash for his arrogant behaviour during the episode. At one point, Elvish went on to say “Yeh sab paid media hi toh hai (This is all paid media).” This created a huge controversy in the industry.
Munawar Faruqui has now reacted to the statement during an interaction with the media at the grand success party of Vivian Dsena. Faruqui said, “Uska context wahi tha. Woh explain bhi kiya na usne baad mein. Maine nahi suna hai sach mein, woh kis way mein bola. (That was the context. He also explained it later. I have not heard it as in which context he has said such things).”
He further added, “But uske baad woh (Elvish Yadav) jab Bigg Boss ke set pe se finale mein gaya hai toh saari media uska photo kheench hi rahi hai na. Toh aap log uss se actually mein upset ho bhi yaa nahi ho (But after that, when he arrived at the Bigg Boss and appeared in the finale, the entire media was clicking his photos. So, are you guys actually upset with him or not?).”
Rajat Dalal was the second runner-up of the season whereas Vivian Dsena was the first runner-up. Days after the grand finale, Vivian’s wife organised a surprise success bash for the actor on January 21. It was also attended by Ankita Lokhande, Vicky Jain, Eisha Singh, Avinash Mishra, Chaahat Pandey, Arfeen Khan, Edin Rose, Yamini Malhotra, Arfeen Khan and Muskan Bamne to name a few.