The fourteenth season of Khatron Ke Khiladi premiered over the weekend and saw some high-octane drama with the presence of Bigg Boss 13 fame Asim Riaz.

After failing to complete the task, Asim claimed that the stunt was impossible to complete and demanded proof from the makers that it was possible. He also confronted fellow contestant Abhishek Kumar and threatened to throw a shoe at him. Asim refused to listen to the show’s host Rohit Shetty and said that he could not complete the stunt. The filmmaker fired him from the stunt-based reality show.

For the task, Asim, actor Ashish Mehrotra and Niyati Fatnani had to remove flags from a hanging plank while balancing on a swing. Each contestant had to collect five flags, and the two best performers were to be saved from elimination. While Ashish and Niyati completed the task, Asim could not.

On his failure, Asim accused the makers of setting an impossible task and said, “Do it in front of me. I won’t take a rupee from you guys. If you do it, I won’t take a rupee, the camera is on.” Shetty, irritated by his statement, showed him a rehearsal video in which a crew member completed the task. The film director also revealed that the crew first performs the stunts and then assigns them to the contestants.

After showing the video, Rohit asked Asim, “What do you want to say now?” Responding to Rohit, Asim said, “Sir, there is no problem. I am very organised.” Shetty further said, “You talked a lot of nonsense yesterday too (You said a lot of nonsense yesterday too).” While Asim tried to explain himself, Rohit lost his temper and said, “Listen to me or else I will pick you up and beat you right here. Don’t misbehave with me like this (Listen to me, else I will beat you right here. Don’t misbehave with me here)

As Asim walked up to Shetty, TV actor Abhishek Kumar asked him to go back to his place. Asim lost his temper and started shouting at him. “Don’t talk nonsense with me. I am 31 years old and have been in the industry for 15 years. What are you talking about? You just became famous,” Asim told Abhishek. The actor asked Asim, “Are you jealous?” Asim yelled back, “No, I am not jealous. Everyone is famous. The passion that I have seen, no one else has seen (Nobody else has seen the fame that I have seen).”

Seeing him getting angry, the crew intervened. But Asim kept shouting and said, “I earn three times the money you guys are paying me. I have so much money that you can’t even imagine. I change four cars in six months. Do you think I need that money? It’s for the fans I am here for, not for these losers.”

Abhishek also lost his cool and started shouting at Asim after he called the other contestants of the show “losers”. In response, Asim moved towards him and gestured as if he wanted to take off his shoe. He further said, “You are seeing the discussion on the internet. It is because of me. Do you understand? Because it is after four years. Whenever I come, even after 10 years, the same discussion happens. Otherwise, it is not happening.” I don’t know when I come (otherwise no one would have known about them).”

Asim left in anger. Shocked by Asim’s behaviour, Shetty said that he has hosted 150-200 contestants on the show, but this incident was a “shock” for him. He then announced that Asim has been removed from the show due to his behaviour.

He said, “I wish him all the best, but he cannot continue in the show anymore. He has his own point of view, no doubt about that and I respect that. I wish him all the best. He is a young kid and may God bless him with success.”

Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 streams on JioCinema and airs on Colors over the weekends.