Opening up about that infamous Karan Johar party video, Vicky Kaushal on Friday said it was unfair to pass on an assumption as fact.
A video of Johar's star- studded house party, which he shared on Instagram, created a storm with many people alleging that stars, particularly Kaushal, appeared to be in a "drugged state".
Kaushal, who was seen rubbing his nose in the video, said his sick appearance had to do with him recovering from dengue fever.
"Karan called all of us to chill. Three days before that night, I had recovered from dengue. I was sitting at home for ten days and it was the most boring thing to do. He attempted to make the video four times but he was not getting a good shot.
"Finally we were all like, 'Hey, what's up?' by the fourth take we were like, 'Karan, just get done with this, man!' This time we didn't know he was going to make a video so we were just reacting to it," the actor said at the India Today Conclave.
Kaushal said scratching one's nose is a normal thing and he didn't know it would have only one meaning to it: "that if you scratch your nose it's got something to do with drugs."
"I come back, open Twitter and go like, 'What?! What is going on?' I ask my parents if they know about this and they say, 'Yes. But we didn't tell you because there was no network and you would unnecessarily get worried about it.'
"But they knew this wasn't the reality. So, I was relieved that at least my parents and my friends knew."
"It's not like the video was made by somebody and posted. He is shooting it himself, writing 'Saturday night vibes.'"
"If the cops stop my car and ask me to give a breath analyser test, I will. I am giving my test to the law but if somebody just stops your car and says, 'You are looking drunk. Give us a test,' you will say, 'Lets go to the law and get this tested."
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