Samay Raina shares first post on YouTube since Ranveer Allahbadia's India's Got Latent row, gets 8k likes in a minute

Samay Raina shared something on his YouTube channel for the first time since the India's Got Latent row, but it wasn't a new video.

Published on: Feb 22, 2025, 09:37:29 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Comedian Samay Raina is in Canada performing as part of his ongoing comedy tour in the country. Just weeks ago, he was in the thick of things here in India after a controversy erupted over a remark on his web show, India's Got Latent. As FIRs were filed and the case reached the Supreme Court, Samay deleted all the episodes of the show from YouTube. On Friday, Samay posted something on his YouTube channel for the first time since the controversy. However, it wasn't a video. (Also read: Emotional Samay Raina addressed India's Got Latent row on live show, thanked audience for paying lawyer's fees, says fan)

Samay Raina's latest YouTube post

On Friday night, Samay took to his channel and shared a post with two emojis for just 'Members Only'. The post had a heart emoji followed by a hug emoji, usually used to denote solidarity or togetherness. The post was shared for just paid subscribers of the channel and had no video accompanying it. It was shared a little before midnight. Yet, despite its niche nature, the post managed to get just under 8k likes in about a minute. A screengrab shared by a fan on YouTube shows that the post has 7500 likes and the update was posted a minute before the screenshot was taken.

On Reddit, another person added that the post had crossed 10k likes in under 4 minutes. "It has 11k likes in 4 minutes on members only. That’s big in my opinion," wrote a fan. Another responded, "Ye to bhot kam hai, Agar woh normal post krta to 1L+ likes ho jate ab tak. (This is too less. Had he posted normally, it would have been 100k)."

Some speculated that Samay may have wanted to share a video but realised he shouldn't given the controversy and ongoing legal proceedings. "He must be thinking of editing and posting a video but then he must have realised that he can't. So that's all he can post now," commented one Reddit user.

The India's Got Latent controversy

India's Got Latent, a show created and hosted by Samay Raina, is under fire due to a remark from guest Ranveer Allahbadia in the most-recent episode. Allahbadia, also known as BeerBiceps, made a joke about 'watching your parents have sex or joining them'. The comment received widespread criticism, and several FIRs were filed against the two as well as other panelists.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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