When the show ‘The Traitors’ was announced, everyone knew there would be a lot of drama, a lot of controversies. However, the latest controversy that has erupted has gone beyond the sets of the reality show. After six dramatic episodes, currently, the show is in the news owing to the online outburst of Sudhanshu Pandey, who on his social media platform released a video openly calling out the Rebel Kid Apoorva Mukhija for using disrespectful language for another fellow contestant and veteran star Ashish Vidyarthi.In his video, Sudhanshu Pandey criticised Apoorva for the way she addressed Ashish Vidyarthi. He quoted that it is not cool or uber Gen Z behaviour to begin with. Reacting to the same, Ashish Vidhyarthi has also broken his silence on the matter.
Ashish Vidyarthi reacts to Apoorva Mukhija’s remarks following Sudhanshu Pandey’s online outburst
“For me, that was just a reflection of real life. In reality, you meet all kinds of people, some are wonderful, some not so much. It’s part of the experience,” Ashish said during his conversation with News9Live. He added that, according to him, what matters is “whether you feel like spending time with that person again.” He continued, “As for the edginess, well, I think some people deliberately use certain language or behaviour to stand out. And they do stand out. It seems to me they feel that way about themselves too. People say things like, ‘You’ve become rough or edgy,’ but maybe that’s part of their identity now. So be it.”The veteran star, who is famous for playing the antagonist on the big screen, further mentioned that a little drama sometimes is important to make any story interesting. “Personally, I would say, don’t take it to heart. After all, if everyone were nice in the story, where would the drama be? We’d just keep greeting each other politely, ‘Raftaar ji, how are you?’ ‘Oh! You’re wonderful!’ And that wouldn’t make for much of a story, would it?” he concluded.
What did Sudhanshu Pandey say?
Sudhanshu, during his Instagram Live, mentioned that over the years, he maintained a distance from reality shows, as he doesn’t appreciate when a person goes to any extent to pull another person down by using profanity. Building on the fact, he openly called out Rebel Kid, aka Apoorva Mukhija, for saying “Ashish jayega?” in a very casual and disrespectful tone.Sudhandshu, in his video, said, “Is he your childhood friend or what? Is he your childhood friend? What kind of way is this to talk about people, about actors who are older than even your parents? You’re talking about them like this behind their back? What does this say about you? Please tell me, is this Gen Z? Is this what we think is cool? No, I’m sorry, this is not cool at all. I think this is the biggest bullsh*t, and it’s like a curse on our society.”He went on to add, “Even I have kids, and even they are Gen-Z and they are extremely respectful to other people. So I am sorry, I think there are a lot of problems,” the actor added, expressing his disappointment.He mentioned things were said behind his back as well, which he got to know after watching the show. “It really breaks my heart,” he quoted.
