On Wednesday, Bigg Boss fans woke up to shocking news of one of the confirmed contestants of this season Punjabi singer Afsana Khan opting out of Salman Khan’s show.
The Titliaan Warga fame singer shocked her fans after she announced on her social media pages that she would no longer be a part of Bigg Boss 15. She backed out of the reality show after suffering panic attacks while she was quarantining in her hotel room with other contestants. She shared a few screenshots of media reports stating that she has withdrawn from the show due to panic attacks and apologised to her fans.
However, the latest update is that the singer is back on show after opting out!
According to a report in TOI, Afsana is on her way back to the Bigg Boss house, she has decided to take up the challenge all over again after backing out of the reality show and is expected to join her co-participants tonight.
A source associated with the show informed TOI: “It’s true that Afsana had to back out of Bigg Boss due to medical reasons and on the advice of her doctors. We had started looking out for her replacement overnight. However, after staying out for a day, she has now decided to return to Bigg Boss. Participating in the reality show is a big opportunity and we are glad that she is back in the nick of time. She is flying back tonight.”
Besides Afsana other confirmed contestants on show this year are: Karan Kundra, Tejasswi Prakash, Donal Bisht, Vidhi Pandya, Sahil Shroff, Vishal Kotian, Simba Nagpal, Akasa Singh, Asim Riaz’s brother Umar Riaz, Miesha Iyer and Ieshaan Sehgaal. Apart from these, Shamita Shetty, Nishant Bhat and Pratik Sehajpal, who were earlier seen in Bigg Boss OTT, will also participate in BB 15.