Kusha Kapila says viral selfie with Samay Raina is AI-generated: Fake and seeded
Actor-influencer Kusha Kapila said a viral selfie with stand-up comedian Samay Raina was fake, and her face had been altered using AI. She accused troll networks of using the image to minimise her.
Acor-influencer Kusha Kapila has said a recent selfie that went viral online and sparked speculation about a patch-up with stand-up comedian Samay Raina is AI-generated. The clarification comes two years after the pair’s public fallout in 2024, when Kusha said jokes made by Samay about her then-recent divorce from Zoravar Ahluwalia on the Pretty Good Roast Show were “dehumanising”.
In a series of Instagram Stories on Sunday, Kusha said the image was “Fake and seeded” and added, “My face is AI altered,” referring to a selfie clicked by Samay in which he is seen standing next to a woman in a red top whose face appears to be hers. She also addressed a recent video from singer Jasleen Royal’s birthday party on Wednesday, saying Samay was present in the same room but that they did not interact and do not spend time together.
Kusha also flagged what she described as coordinated troll attacks on X, with posts using the altered selfie to claim that the influencer-turned-actor was trying to get into the stand-up comedian’s good books after his resurgence this year. “Why would anyone spend any money doing this is beyond me. The way incel internet will stoop down to minimise me is laughable at this point (sic),” she wrote.
Sharing more such posts, she said it was the “same script across the board” and added that this was not an online spat but another example of “how incel internet will get to the pits to minimise women”. She also described the trolling as “a hot pile of bakwas garbage that god knows who is funding”.
In another Story, Kusha set out her account of what happened with Samay. She said they were once friends, but things changed after they appeared as guest panellists on Ashish Solanki’s Pretty Good Roast Show. “There was no script shared, no contract signed, and no jokes shared beforehand. Everything was done in good faith. I had no idea what was coming my way (sic),” she wrote.
“The jokes made at my expense were horrible, and I stand by my stance that they should have been censored (sic),” she added. Reposting a statement from two years ago, she reiterated that the jokes had “dehumanised” her and wrote, “I blocked both Samay and Ashish. It has taken me a lot of time and therapy to undo the shame and ridicule I felt that day. I genuinely wish that roast had never happened to me (sic).”
Kusha also rejected claims that she celebrated Samay Raina’s downfall last year, noting she refused media requests to speak against him. Samay had faced severe online trolling, three FIRs, and the removal of India’s Got Latent Season 1 from YouTube after a guest made an inappropriate joke. However, he rebounded with his stand-up special Still Alive, leading to the show's Season 2 return on YouTube and Netflix India.
Clarifying her current stance, Kusha wrote, “I am not friends with Samay,” adding that she will never appear on Latent. While they tried to be cordially moving past the incident, they have agreed not to discuss each other online. She noted Samay only mentioned her once during Season 1, and dismissed the party video, explaining that his mere presence did not mean they hang out or even interacted.
Kusha added, “Stop it with your ridiculous seeding. Stop minimising women. Let’s all move the f**k on. You can forget everything, but can’t forget just disrespect (sic).” Demanding an end to harassment from incel meme pages and seeding companies, she shared a zoomed-in photo proving the woman next to Samay was someone else. She recalled the brutal two-year aftermath of the roast, citing crude online mockery of her personal life and instances where "educated boys" at airports would mockingly demand she tell them jokes.
In her closing remarks, Kusha emphasised that she needs no one to take a stand for her and won't run PR campaigns because “there is a very real life waiting to be lived.” Asserting that no one can timeline her healing, she asked to be allowed to carry her hurt. .
Acor-influencer Kusha Kapila has said a recent selfie that went viral online and sparked speculation about a patch-up with stand-up comedian Samay Raina is AI-generated. The clarification comes two years after the pair’s public fallout in 2024, when Kusha said jokes made by Samay about her then-recent divorce from Zoravar Ahluwalia on the Pretty Good Roast Show were “dehumanising”.
In a series of Instagram Stories on Sunday, Kusha said the image was “Fake and seeded” and added, “My face is AI altered,” referring to a selfie clicked by Samay in which he is seen standing next to a woman in a red top whose face appears to be hers. She also addressed a recent video from singer Jasleen Royal’s birthday party on Wednesday, saying Samay was present in the same room but that they did not interact and do not spend time together.
Kusha also flagged what she described as coordinated troll attacks on X, with posts using the altered selfie to claim that the influencer-turned-actor was trying to get into the stand-up comedian’s good books after his resurgence this year. “Why would anyone spend any money doing this is beyond me. The way incel internet will stoop down to minimise me is laughable at this point (sic),” she wrote.
Sharing more such posts, she said it was the “same script across the board” and added that this was not an online spat but another example of “how incel internet will get to the pits to minimise women”. She also described the trolling as “a hot pile of bakwas garbage that god knows who is funding”.
In another Story, Kusha set out her account of what happened with Samay. She said they were once friends, but things changed after they appeared as guest panellists on Ashish Solanki’s Pretty Good Roast Show. “There was no script shared, no contract signed, and no jokes shared beforehand. Everything was done in good faith. I had no idea what was coming my way (sic),” she wrote.
“The jokes made at my expense were horrible, and I stand by my stance that they should have been censored (sic),” she added. Reposting a statement from two years ago, she reiterated that the jokes had “dehumanised” her and wrote, “I blocked both Samay and Ashish. It has taken me a lot of time and therapy to undo the shame and ridicule I felt that day. I genuinely wish that roast had never happened to me (sic).”
Kusha also rejected claims that she celebrated Samay Raina’s downfall last year, noting she refused media requests to speak against him. Samay had faced severe online trolling, three FIRs, and the removal of India’s Got Latent Season 1 from YouTube after a guest made an inappropriate joke. However, he rebounded with his stand-up special Still Alive, leading to the show's Season 2 return on YouTube and Netflix India.
Clarifying her current stance, Kusha wrote, “I am not friends with Samay,” adding that she will never appear on Latent. While they tried to be cordially moving past the incident, they have agreed not to discuss each other online. She noted Samay only mentioned her once during Season 1, and dismissed the party video, explaining that his mere presence did not mean they hang out or even interacted.
Kusha added, “Stop it with your ridiculous seeding. Stop minimising women. Let’s all move the f**k on. You can forget everything, but can’t forget just disrespect (sic).” Demanding an end to harassment from incel meme pages and seeding companies, she shared a zoomed-in photo proving the woman next to Samay was someone else. She recalled the brutal two-year aftermath of the roast, citing crude online mockery of her personal life and instances where "educated boys" at airports would mockingly demand she tell them jokes.
In her closing remarks, Kusha emphasised that she needs no one to take a stand for her and won't run PR campaigns because “there is a very real life waiting to be lived.” Asserting that no one can timeline her healing, she asked to be allowed to carry her hurt. .
