Shoaib Akhtar Walks Out of Talk Show After Being Insulted by Journalist on Air, Clarifies His Stance Later (Watch Videos)
The former Pakistan fast bowler was part of a talk show which involved other names like Sir Vivian Richards, Rashid Latif and also former women's cricketer Sana Mir among others. Akhtar later revealed his decision with a video on his Twitter account.
Shoaib Akhtar on Tuesday, walked out of a live talk show after he was insulted by the host journalist, who asked him to leave on air. In a series of videos that have gone viral on social media, the details of how things transpired can be figured out and the former fast bowler, later in a separately shot video, explained what actually happened and why he chose to leave the show after being humiliated on PTV Sports, which is a national channel in Pakistan.
Here's where the journalist asks him to leave the show:
Oh boy Fight between Shoaib Akhtar n Dr NN: pic.twitter.com/tEJvzo9NQy
— Hassan (@iamhassan9) October 26, 2021
Shoaib Akhtar later says it was a pre-planned joke for gaining TRP, watch here:
Guys that was a preplanned joke 👻#ShoaibAkhtarpic.twitter.com/224ohWEnuN
— Safina Khan (@SafinaKhann) October 26, 2021
Check this video where Akhtar finally walks out of the show:
WOW!!!! Shoaib Akhtar just walks out of PTV Sports during live show. "jis tarah national TV par mere sath behave kiya gaya hai, I don't think I should be sitting here. I am resigning from PTV" Right thing to do after Dr Nauman Niaz insulting a national hero on national TV. 👏 https://t.co/vmA0BtbaDU pic.twitter.com/EPuqzweoqr
— Hassan (@iamhassan9) October 26, 2021
Watch this video where Shoaib Akhtar clarifies why he walked out:
Multiple clips are circulating on social media so I thought I shud clarify. pic.twitter.com/ob8cnbvf90
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 26, 2021
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