Karan Johar says the reaction to Ranveer-Deepika’s Koffee episode angered him

Bollywood producer-director Karan Johar, who hosts the streaming chat show Koffee With Karan, expressed his anger at the trolling that actor Deepika Padukone and her husband Ranveer Singh were subjected to after the first episode of the streaming chat show’s 8th season.

The recent episode of the show saw actors Aditya Roy Kapur and Arjun Kapoor gracing the couch as they spoke about a lot of things.

During the episode, KJo spoke about social media trolling and addressed the first episode of the season.

He said: “I felt that it was one of the most honest episodes and the most heartfelt episodes I did with Deepika and Ranveer. I think all three kind of came clean on so much of our emotional heft, so many of our feelings. And then there was a ridiculous kind of after-effect. I just want to put it out there that the reaction angered me. I thought it was one of our best episodes.”

The director added, "They (Deepika and Ranveer) were outstandingly honest. They were earnest. They spoke so much. They shared so much. They were so gracious. And then you're f****** talking about some nonsense. I am like, what do you know about somebody else's personal life and marriage? Tu apne ghar pe dekh na (Look at what's happening at your own home) is what I wanted to tell them. I wanted to show them my f****** middle finger. I am like, you know, just shut up."

Karan also opened up on how he is often trolled for his sexuality and trolls not sparing his kids and his mom. "They're talking to me about my sexuality, they talk to me about being a single parent, they bring up my kids, that one really f******. They talk about my mother having raised me not well enough to take that decision right. I'm like who the f*** are you," Karan Johar said.

Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone were the first guests on Koffee With Karan 8. The couple not just opened up about their love story, but also shared their wedding video for the first time. In fact, it even overwhelmed Karan Johar.

However, both Ranveer and Deepika were trolled on social media. While Ranveer was trolled for the way he described his first meeting with Deepika and the similarity of it with his description of meeting Anushka Sharma, the latter was trolled for her comments on casual dating.