Bigg Boss 18: Ashneer Grover says 'Abey naam nahi jaanta toh bulaaya kyun tha?' as he takes a dig at Salman Khan; faces backlash

Salman Khan's Bigg Boss 18 ended on January 19 but it seems like the controversy around it is still ongoing. Before the finale, Ashneer Grover appeared as a guest. During his appearance, Salman claimed that he didn't know his name and that he had never met him. Now, Grover took a dig at Salman as he addressed the matter at an event at NIT Kurukshetra recently. He accused the superstar of creating unnecessary drama on Bigg Boss 18. Here's what Ashneer Grover said:

'Faltu ka panga leke apna competition khada kiya usne'

A video of the entrepreneur and former BharatPe founder is going viral on the internet from the event. He was heard saying, "Faltu ka panga leke apna competition khada kiya usne. Main toh shanti se gaya tha jab mereko bulaya. Ab drama create karna ke liye aap kisiko bol do, arey main toh aapse mila hi nahi. I don’t even know your name. Abey naam nahi jaanta toh bulaaya kyun tha? (He unnecessarily created competition by picking a fight. I went peacefully when I was called. Now, to create drama, you say you never even met me? I don’t even know your name. If you didn’t know my name, why did you call me?)"

Bhai same baat show par uske samne bol dete @Ashneer_Grover pic.twitter.com/bGQunH7Z33

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He further stated, "Aur ek baat main bata deta hun. Tum agar meri company ke brand ambassador the toh aisa nahi ho sakta ki tum merese bina mile brand ambassador ban gaye. Mai bhi k**ino ki tarah hi company chalata tha. Everything had to go through me." (And let me tell you one more thing. If you were the brand ambassador of my company, it wouldn’t have been possible for you to become the brand ambassador without meeting me. I ran my company like a ruthless person. Everything had to go through me.)

As soon as the video went viral on social media, netizens started slamming Ashneer Grover. One user wrote, "samne toh bolti band hojati hai #AshneerGrover ki per peeth peeche bhai sudhar ja time hai abhi bhi." Another user wrote, "#SalmanKhan ke saamne bas haanji haanji, yahan pura Tarzan ban raha hai!SK ke saamne silence mode, aur idhar full volume? Yeh kya scene hai!Us din muh se ek shabd nahi nikla, aaj pura TED Talk de raha hai!" 

What did Salman Khan tell Ashneer Grover on Bigg Boss 18?

Back in 2019, Salman was brought on board as the face of BharatPe. However, in 2023 during his appearance on a podcast, Grover said that Salman’s team denied him a photo with the actor, among other things. When Ashneer graced BB 18, Salman slammed him over his statement. Khan told him, "I don't feel bad about all this. It's just that when you give a wrong impression to someone about a person, that's not right. Later it will bite you itself. I just got to know that you are coming. Mujhe toh aapka naam bhi nahi pata tha. Lekin jab aapki woh jo video dekhi thi toh aapke shakal mere saamne aaya tha."