Politician Navjot Singh Sidhu recently appeared in a special episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show. While the promos of the episode are now going viral on social media, the former cricketer talked about Kapil’s return to the show after leaving it in 2019. In an interview, the 61-year-old TV host turned politician also mentioned his support. The comedian was going through a tough time after allegations of misbehavior and alcohol addiction among celebs.

Sidhu during his appearance The Grain Talk ShowHe said that he took a stand for Kapil when people rejected him. The popular cricket commentator shared that he called the comedian a ‘genius’ for achieving what he had achieved at the age of 20. Sidhu said, “When Kapil was not well, he was nervous; he was going through a tough time and people told me he was finished. I said, ‘Guys, he is 20 years old. If you can find someone who is even 10 years older and can stand up to Kapil, I will listen.”

He said that he told people to have faith in Kapil as they will not find anyone like him for many ages. “But right now, even five doesn’t exist. You have to replace him with something better. Otherwise, you keep losing him. You don’t have someone as talented as him. Talent does what it can do, talent does what What should he do,” he continued.

Sidhu talked about his exit from the comedy show in 2019. He mentioned ‘political reasons’ but declined to share further details. The politician said that the second reason was that everyone else was also leaving the show at the same time.

Sidhu said that if everyone from the original team decides to come back and join Kapil’s show today, he will ‘facilitate’ the show. “There were some political reasons that I don’t want to talk about. There were other reasons too… and the bouquet broke. I wish that bouquet would be put back together the way it was. I was the first to facilitate His show Vyakti Hoonga is still doing very well,” he said.

Actress Archana Puran Singh became the judge in place of Navjot Singh Sidhu on Kapil’s show. She continues to play the same role in the Netflix show also. Although there has been no official confirmation, there were rumors of Sidhu being dismissed from the show after his controversial statement about the Pulwama terror attacks.

He is joined by his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu, cricketer Harbhajan Singh and his wife Geeta Basra in the upcoming episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show. The show is set to premiere on Saturday, November 16.