Lock Upp: Vinit Kakar gives a befitting reply to Poonam Pandey on age shaming
Vinit Kakar, a wildcard competitor on ‘Lock Upp,’ was ousted from Kangana Ranaut’s reality program on Sunday. Kangana had expressed her dissatisfaction with Vinit’s performance on Judgment Day, joking that the expression ‘eat, sleep, and repeat’ was coined for him. She also referred to him as the show’s worst player and an “underperformer” throughout tasks. Vinit also made headlines after Poonam Pandey dubbed him a ‘tharki (pervert)’ after he told her he had watched her recordings many times.
In a recent interview, Vinit Kakar has opened up about his eviction, Poonam calling him ‘tharki’ and age shaming him on the show. Talking about his elimination, the actor said, “My eviction was quite evident. I was somewhat mentally prepared because I entered the show with a disadvantage, I entered in the 5th week and by then everyone has already made their alliances, and connections so it was difficult for me to make new connections. This was the biggest disadvantage that I had. And, then after losing a task, I knowingly become inactive in the game.”
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When asked about Poonam Pandey branding him as ‘40 plus aged buddha,’ Vinit Kakar explained, “Now, I just laugh about it. I remember when I entered the show, I told Poonam that we are friends on Facebook, I told this to her because I think she was unaware of this. I said it in a very neutral way that I have seen you 4, 5 videos on Facebook. There were no wrong intentions in it. But, I don’t know why she went to the camera and started saying such nasty things about me.
“It was wrong and useless on her part to call me ‘tharki’ and 40 plus buddha. Agar aap 40 plus wale ko buddha bolte ho to, aap Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, who are in their 60’s inhe kya bolege. I want to know Poonam, Salman and Shah Rukh ko kya bolge. Yeh sab meko neecha dikhane ke liye bolega gaya hai. Maine kisi bi larki ko uss angle se nhi dekha hogya because meko 1% bi interest nhi tha kisi bi larki mai,” he further stated.
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Azma Fallah, Poonam Pandey, and Shivam, according to Vinit Kakar, do not deserve to win Lock Upp. He believes Anjali Arora has a good chance of winning the Ekta Kapoor-produced show.
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Vinit finished by expressing that the most important thing he learned from Lock Upp is that he will never participate in a reality show as a wildcard again.
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