Kusha Kapila Clarifies Viral Selfie With Samay Raina Is AI-Generated; Says, “We Are Not Friends”

Kusha Kapila has clarified that a recent selfie, which sparked speculation about a possible reconciliation with Samay Raina after two years, is AI-generated. The influencer-turned-actor addressed the controversy on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, sharing a viral social media post along with an AI-altered selfie and writing, “Fake and seeded.” She explained, “My face is AI altered,” referring to the selfie clicked by Samay, where he’s standing next to a woman in a red top whose face appears to be hers.

Kusha Kapila Clarifies Viral Selfie With Samay Raina Is AI-Generated

Kusha also highlighted a series of coordinated troll attacks on X (formerly Twitter), where some users are using the AI-generated image to claim she’s trying to get back in Samay Raina’s good books now that he’s experiencing a resurgence this year. “Why would anyone spend any money doing this is beyond me. The way incel internet will stoop down to minimise me is laughable at this point (laughing with tears emojis),” she wrote.

Another proof that women can change in a second for money and fame 🙏

– Kusha Kapila and Samay Raina were great friends
– Samay invited her to one of his shows and gave her a script explaining what jokes would be made about her
– She didn't read it. When Samay made those jokes,… pic.twitter.com/cypfYwBagK

— ` (@worshipVK) July 11, 2026

Sharing more such troll attacks, Kusha pointed out that it’s the “same script across the board.” “This is not an e-lafda but just how incel internet will get to the pits to minimise women. All this is happening because I take a stand and still will, lol,” she added. She also called the trolling a “hot pile of bakwas garbage that god knows who is funding.”

Kusha Sets the Record Straight

In her next Story, Kusha listed the facts about her past with Samay Raina. She admitted they were once friends, but things changed after they appeared as guest panellists on the Pretty Good Roast Show, hosted by Ashish Solanki. “There was no script shared, no contract signed, and no jokes shared beforehand. Everything was done in good faith. I had no idea what was coming my way,” she said.

“The jokes made at my expense were horrible, and I stand by my stance that they should have been censored,” she added. In a later Story, she reposted her statement from two years ago to reaffirm her position that the jokes “dehumanised” her. “I blocked both Samay and Ashish. It has taken me a lot of time and therapy to undo the shame and ridicule I felt that day. I genuinely wish that roast had never happened to me,” she shared.

Kusha also clarified that she did not celebrate Samay Raina’s downfall last year, contrary to what trolls claim. “There’s no record of it either. Multiple publications reached out to me, asking me to speak against him, but I chose not to,” she revealed.

Kusha’s Current Stance With Samay

Kusha has made it clear she has no intention of rekindling her friendship with Samay Raina. “I am not friends with Samay,” she wrote. “I will never, ever, ever be on Latent, nor do I want to,” she added. “We have tried to be cordial and move past what happened by making sense of it, but that’s all. We have decided to not speak of each other on the internet.”

Since their fallout, Samay has only given a shoutout to Kusha once on India’s Got Latent last year. She addressed a recent viral video showing her and Samay at singer Jasleen Royal’s birthday party, clarifying, “Samay happened to be there as well. That doesn’t mean anything. The video may make it look like we hang out, but we don’t. We didn’t even interact in that clip.”

She urged people to stop the “ridiculous seeding” and minimize women. “Stop it with your ridiculous seeding. Stop minimising women. Let’s all move the f*ck on. You can forget everything, but can’t forget just disrespect,” she wrote.

Kusha also shared a zoomed-in version of the Samay Raina selfie, pointing out that the woman standing next to her is someone else. “Over the past two years, post roast and my decision of censoring the jokes, boys on the internet have made jokes about my private parts, speculated that jokes cracked were likely rape jokes, made fun of my personal life, men have come up to me at airports and said laughingly ‘jokes bata do yaar, Kusha’ as my face went red with shame, and my manager politely asked them to avoid this topic. Padhe likhe boys, bhai,” she concluded.

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