‘My career was over’: Akshay Kumar tells Shark Tank’s Aman Gupta his biggest mistake, when a man lost consciousness after he slapped him

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“He abused him once, I told him not to do so. He did it again. Then a third time. I kept warning him four or five times, but he just wouldn’t stop,” Akshay shared.

Things reached a point that Akshay realised that he would have to intervene. “Actually, it was deeply personal. Someone had used extremely filthy language against my friend. Unable to tolerate the repeated insult, I got involved,” he said. In the heat of the moment, he slapped the person — who unfortunately lost consciousness.

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“It was a very big party,” he revealed. “My friend had actually started crying because it was extremely embarrassing for him.”

In that moment, the actor was scared of what would happen next, and whether his career would survive. “We poured water on him, and I was praying that he would regain consciousness. Oh my God,” he admitted. The person eventually regained consciousness.

“Had it been today, I would never react like that,” he said. “For me, that was the real ‘Gajab Beizzati’ moment, something I would want to change if I could. Today, I would simply walk away.”