Samay Raina, the popular stand-up comedian, has finally come out with details about how the India’s Got Latent controversy that broke out in the online world earlier in 2025 affected him severely. According to his new comedy special, entitled Still Alive, and an interview he did with the Dostcast podcast, Samay went through a time when he felt financially unstable and mentally drained due to this incident.
This controversy began back in February 2025 when the guest on his show, Ranveer Allahbadia, said some inappropriate things related to parents and sexual intimacy. Even though Samay had admitted that the inappropriate joke was said multiple times by the guest, just one clip made to the final cut of the show and created national uproar for him. He faced several FIRs along with his guests and had to take down his show from YouTube immediately.
In Samay’s own words, all the legal wrangles resulted in an all-round financial “mess”. He elaborated on this by saying that all the sponsors were so terrified that they stopped sponsoring. Also, all future guests refused to allow their episodes to be aired. “I lost everything,” confessed Samay. He further added that he had to break his personal fixed deposits to return the payments that were made in advance by sponsors and some other entities such as BookMyShow. One particular debt fear was the risk of falling victim to something similar to the one faced by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in his ABCL scandal worth about ₹90 crores in the late 90s.
The stress and helplessness caused by the Supreme Court hearings notwithstanding, Samay was able to stage a recovery. He attributes this achievement to his podcasts, through which he raised some money to restore order to his finances. In what is sure to cheer his many fans, Samay has announced that there will be another season of the hit series.
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