NEW DELHI, 10 APRIL

Instagram influencer Apoorva Mukhija, one of the comics who featured in the controversial episode of 'India’s Got Latent', has apologised for her comments on the show, saying she should have been careful with her words.

Mukhija, known as 'The Rebel Kid' amongst her over 3 million followers, had deleted all her posts last week after facing online bullying.

She was part of the panel where YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia made his controversial comments about parents and sex. While Allahbadia was severely criticised, a clip of Mukhija also attracted negative reaction amongst social media users.

Comedian Samay Raina, the creator of the popular YouTube show, later deleted all the episodes of the show. Raina, Allahbadia, Mukhija and others related to the show are facing multiple FIRs for their comments on the show.

"...I have hurt a lot of people and that is honestly the last thing I want to do. I genuinely create content to entertain people and to make them laugh. I never wanted to hurt anybody and I am very very sorry. I should have been more mindful of my words but I have learnt my lesson and I promise I will do better going forward. I just hope you guys can forgive me and I am very sorry if I hurt your sentiments,” she said in a video posted on her Instagram on Wednesday evening.

Mukhija said she made a couple of more jokes but now realises they were in bad taste and not even funny.

 “I started reading my DMs and they were all graphic of how people want to rape me, throw acid and stuff like that,” she said, adding that the day she went to the police to record her statement, she "cried so much" as it felt like a “dehumanising” experience because of the way paparazzi behaved with her.

Mukhija said her parents have stood by amid all this but online trolls found her mother's social media account and started writing nasty stuff in the comments section.

The influencer said the earnings from the video stream will go to an NGO that "helps acid attack victims, rape victims and victims of domestic violence”.

"I have been the laughing stock, punching bag and the girl that they would rape, kill and throw acid on if they saw her alive and I really thought that it was over But it’s not over till I say it is," she added.