Ashneer Grover takes a dig at Salman Khan for creating 'unnecessary drama' on BB 18

Ashneer Grover, the former founder of BharatPe, hit back at Salman Khan over their exchange on Bigg Boss 18. During an event on Saturday, Grover said that the superstar created unnecessary drama on the show.

In Short

• Ashneer Grover called out Salman Khan for their exhange on Bigg Boss 18
• He claimed Salman Khan created 'drama for competition'
• Ashneer appeared as a guest at NIT Kurukshetra on Saturday

Entrepreneur and former BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover responded to actor Salman Khan's remarks about him during an episode of Bigg Boss 18. Ashneer, who appeared as a guest on the show last year, addressed the matter while attending an event at NIT Kurukshetra on Saturday. He described his exchange with Salman as "drama" and accused the actor of falsely claiming not to know him.

In a video that is being widely circulated on social media, Ashneer can be seen 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?)

Grover 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.)

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For the unversed, Salman Khan was brought on board as the face of BharatPe in 2019, while Ashneer Grover was still leading the company. However, in the Vagehra Vagehra podcast in 2023, Grover revealed that Salman’s team denied him a photo with the actor, among other things.

On Bigg Boss 18, the actor responded to these claims, saying, "I don't feel bad about all these. 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." He added, "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."

In other news, Ashneer Grover is set to host a new reality show, Rise and Fall, launched by Amazon MX Player on January 30.