Apoorva Mukhija's parents compared her to Deepika Padukone after India's Got Latent row
"Mujhe toh laga mazak ho raha hai, aisa ho hi nahi sakta. Ek din toh main hass rahi thi, ki yeh sab log pagal ho gaye hain. Aisa ho nahi sakta. Jhoot bol rahe hain. Phir uske baad main bahut royi. (I thought it was a joke, it couldn't happen. One day I was laughing that everyone had gone mad. It cannot happen. They are lying. Then I cried a lot)," the 23-year-old said.In the video, Mukhija also shared how she was asked to vacate her flat in Mumbai after the controversy. Furthermore, she recalled being blacklisted from an entire building after the owner identified her from the show. Mukhija found herself under scrutiny after her appearance on Samay Raina's comedy show, which also involved podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia. Her comeback at a comedian's remark snowballed into a controversy, leading to all sorts of criticism online.Meanwhile, Deepika Padukone earlier faced immense backlash and social media trolling in 2020, following her appearance at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, right in the middle of promoting her film 'Chhapaak'. She was there to stand with the group of students protesting against the 2020 JNU attack and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. She didn't make any statements, stood there, and left the campus.- EndsMust Watch
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