The opening minutes of Koffee with Karan Season 7 saw Karan Johar talking about the ‘Boycott Bollywood’ trend and how he was attacked on social media for two years.’
The first episode of Koffee with Karan Season 7, featuring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, dropped on Thursday. The opening minutes of the celebrity chat show saw Karan Johar addressing the ‘Boycott Bollywood‘ trend that has been all over social media in the last two years.
Talking to Bhatt, KJo said, “Alia, you and I were just discussing that we never thought this would happen. I never thought I would come back.” To this, Bhatt said, “Yeah. I didn’t think. I thought we are done. I was quite sad.” Singh, who appeared clueless, asked, “Why?” and Bhatt, with a mysterious expression, said, “Just… Like whatever happened. You know…”
Karan Johar then shared how the Hindi film industry was “vilified” in the last two years. “We as an industry were vilified. We were put in the dungeon for two years. Even I went through a lot and it was not an easy time. And at that point of time, it was like the snake emojis used to come out every time Koffee with Karan was mentioned. And at one point I also thought that I am never going to come back with the show because there was a lot of attack.”
Ranveer Singh called the accusations “baseless, unfair and unwarranted”. And KJo went on to say that he was often compared to snakes during this time. “Either they call me GayJo, or the snake emoji comes out. I don’t know why. Which part of me feels or seems like a snake I don’t know.”
