Adnan Siddiqui apologises to Sarfaraz Ahmed after crass speech impairment joke

Actor Adnan Siddiqui on Friday apologised to his fellow judge, the former Pakistani cricket team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, saying he "did not mean to say anything in that way" after the former had mimicked him during a recent appearance on a show.

"To his [Sarfaraz's] fans and friends, I apologise. I swear I did not mean to say anything in that way, that I upset him or his friends," Siddiqui is seen saying to the cricketer.

Before Sarfaraz, however, could respond, host Fahad Mustafa chimed in, saying: "Good thing, good thing, we love you Adnan bhai."

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The actor then again asked the former captain: "You're not mad at me, right?"

To which Sarfaraz responded: "No, no!"

And just then, again, Mustafa is seen turning towards the cricketer and repeated the same crass joke after Siddiqui apologised, saying: "Let's do it once again."

Earlier, after his insensitive comments towards the cricketer, the actor was severely criticised on social media. People slammed him for being disrespectful to national heroes like Ahmed who have brought pride to Pakistan on various international platforms.

Previously, Siddiqui had apologised to the families of deceased Bollywood stars Sridevi and Irrfan Khan over PTI leader and host Aamir Liaquat Hussain's insensitive comments, labelling them "extremely callous".

In an Instagram post, he expressed regret about being part of the show and said both the late Indian actors were "close to me but also as a human it [the comment] was wrong on so many levels".

"I cannot even call it ‘hitting below the belt’,” Siddiqui had added.