Comedian Kapil Sharma accused of threatening and abusing journalist amid 2018 controversy

Kapil Sharma faces shocking accusation

• Journalist Vickey Lalwani claims Kapil Sharma threatened and abused him in 2018
• Kapil Sharma's behavior criticized for differing from other actors' media interactions.
• Kapil Sharma's film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2 re-released after poor box office run

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Comedian and actor Kapil Sharma made headlines in 2018 after he was accused of threatening a journalist who wrote an article slamming him. Although both parties filed police complaints against each other, the journalist has since made some startling statements regarding the incident.

Journalist Vickey Lalwani stated in a recent interview that Kapil Sharma threatened and mistreated him in addition to calling him up after reading his article.

During a recent appearance on a podcast titled Meri Saheli, Vickey claimed, “It was 24th April, 2018, I got a call from Kapil Sharma, where he said that whatever I write was against him, and he started abusing me. He spoke very badly; with that incident, Kapil made a fool of himself, he told the world what kind of a person he is.”

The journalist added, “There are so many actors who have had issues with the media in the past, about what they write, but nobody has behaved like this. You don’t want to do an interview, that’s your call, you have an objection to a story, you can write to us or comedown to our office and talk, there is always a way to raise your objection.”

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He further noted, “But he kept saying things, and the public just saw the real Kapil Sharma then. The one who dances with Govinda and laughs with Archana Puran Singh, mujhe toh woh real Kapil Sharma nahi lagta [He doesn’t look like real Kapil Sharma].”

On the work front, The Great Indian Kapil Show is currently in its third season, hosted by Kapil Sharma. Additionally, he recently appeared in the movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2. Due to the Dhurandhar wave, the movie did not do well at the box office when it first opened in theatres in December 2025. Later this month, it was re-released.