‘The monk who sold my Ferrari’: Samay Raina jokes Ranveer Allahbadia ‘jeopardised’ the artform, confirms India’s Got Latent Season 2 | Web-series News
5 min readMumbaiUpdated: Apr 8, 2026 04:58 PM IST Over a year after his YouTube show India’s Got Latent was taken down following a controversy triggered by Ranveer Allahbadia’s remark, Samay Raina has finally addressed the episode in his comeback stand-up special Still Alive. Samay blamed Ranveer for ‘single-handedly jeopardising’ the future of the artform in India, while also recalling how comedian Tanmay Bhat advised him to leverage political contacts in the aftermath. Samay ended teasing a potential return of India’s Got Latent with a second season. ‘He ruined my mental health’ “There’s no future left for this artform,” said Samay. “He ruined my entire mental health. At least he knows meditation. I don’t know anything. Beer Biceps… the monk who sold my Ferrari,” he added. He claimed he always knew there would be an FIR filed against him, but he never imagined it’d be because someone else said something controversial. “I didn’t say anything in that episode. I was just quietly sitting in the corner. We Kashmiris always die in crossfire,” said Samay, as …
