Samay Raina announced on his Instagram stories that he is rescheduling his ‘unfiltered’ India tour. On Thursday night, the standup comedian took his social media account to share the news. Samay also mentioned that people will get their refund shortly as tickets for all his shows were sold out completely via advance booking. Samay wrote on his Instagram stories, “Hello guys, I am rescheduling my India tour. You all will get the refunds shortly. See you soon.(with folded hands and heart emojis)” 

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Samay Raina Reschedules His ‘Unfiltered’ India Tour (Image: Instagram/maisamayhoon)

Samay Raina recently faced a lot of backlash after he faced legal troubles for Ranveer Allahbadia’s ‘parent sex’ comment on India’s Got Latent show. Allahbadia, appeared as a guest in one of the episodes, allegedly asked some inappropriate questions to a contestant about body parts and proposed an indecent act in exchange for Rs 2 crore. He popped up a question to the contestant which turned out to be the most controversial statement ever. Ranveer asked, “Would you watch your parents have sex every day for the rest of your life or join once to stop it forever?” 

After the clip of this statement went viral on social media, both Samay and Ranveer faced several backlash online. It didn’t stop there as a police complaint was filed against Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Raina and other co-judges of that episode which includes Ashish Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh and Apoorva Makhija. The FIR accused the stars of ‘promoting obscene and sexually explicit content on the show’. This invoked multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). There were several other FIR has been filed against Samay Raina. He was also summoned by the Maharashtra Cyber Cell thrice. 

Amid the controversy, Samay tweeted a note sharing that he will be co-operating with the agencies. He also shared that he removed all the videos of India’s Got Latent from his YouTube channel. Samay wrote on X, “Everything that is happening has been too much for me to handle. I have removed all Indias Got Latent videos from my channel. My only objective was to make people laugh and have a good time. I will fully cooperate with all agencies to ensure their inquiries are concluded fairly. Thank you.”