{
  "id": 5740836,
  "title": "Samay Raina jokes about Varun Dhawan’s ‘struggle’, actor calls him ‘most inappropriate’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/samay-raina-jokes-about-varun-dhawans-struggle-actor-calls-him-most",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-05T07:50:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/samay-raina-jokes-varun-dhawan-struggle-actor-calls-him-most-inappropriate-10864306/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Samay Raina made an offhand remark about Varun Dhawan's career struggles during an episode of his show India's Got Latent Season 2. Dhawan responded to Raina's inquiry about performing in Ahmedabad by jokingly telling Raina to keep quiet. The episode also featured a drinking joke between Dhawan and Raina, and a humorous exchange in which Dhawan pretended to act drunk. Raina candidly admitted to still facing struggles, including not being able to perform in Gujarat due to lack of permissions. Dhawan then praised Raina, saying he was \"one of the most inappropriate people living in the country and we still love him,\" implying that Raina's success speaks volumes about his talent.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Samay Raina’s latest Latent episode gets 61 mn on YouTube, not even 1 mn on Netflix",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/samay-rainas-latest-latent-episode-gets-61-mn-on-youtube-not-even-1",
        "published": "2026-09-04T09:16:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "'Let Me Do Shows In Ahmedabad': Samay Raina Pleads To Authorities In India's Got Latent 2 Episode 6 Amid Permission Issues; Varun Dhawan Offers Help",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/let-me-do-shows-in-ahmedabad-samay-raina-pleads-to-authorities-in",
        "published": "2026-09-04T14:51:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}