Akshay Kumar flew into a rage on the sets of a TV comedy show and pushed a comedian after several humiliating jokes were cracked about his co-stars Lisa Haydon and Jacqueline Fernandez. One performer said Lisa looked like a kangaroo, since she came from Australia, and there was also a comment about looking like a ‘black African’.

The actors were appearing on the sketch comedy show Comedy Nights Bachao to promote their new film, and while some of the lines penned by the scripting team were genuinely funny, others were clearly low-brow.
While the format of the show necessitates insults, there is a clear line between what is funny and what is just plain racist, sexist or disgusting.