'Offensive Statement': Ashneer Grover's Reaction to Ankur Warikoo Comparison Goes Viral

Ashneer Grover, who single-handedly raised the meme quotient of Shark Tank India season 1, is not happy to be compared to popular finance YouTuber Ankur Warikoo. During an event at a management college, a student asked Grover if he has turned into a social media influencer like Warikoo, as that’s the route many entrepreneurs have been taking of late.

Grover joked that he got offended at that statement. He said that he had never been told a more offensive statement, and that he had just one rule: that people should never put his name and Warikoo’s together in a sentence. Grover quipped he was so offended that he was in the mind to even get up and leave the event. He told the student that he would prefer to be cussed at over being compared to Warikoo.

While some Twitter users were amused by Grover’s reactions, others criticised it as “arrogance”. There were also some who agreed with his take.

Recently, in a mocking message for the press, Grover requested them not to use pictures of his “older fatter” self. “Press : You may write anything you get paid to write about me. I won’t complain. I have one request – please use this picture – nothing is more offensive to me than seeing my older fatter self after losing 15 Kgs ! I don’t even read the stories like most – visual appeal is imp !! [sic]” He wrote in a tweet which garnered mixed responses on the platform.

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