Recently the popular TV actor was in news after a promo video of him slapping a contestant during the auditions surfaced online. [VIDEO: TV Actor Karan Kundra SLAPS a contestant on a Reality Show!]
The actor lost his cool over a contestant and slapped him on national television and now buzz is that Karan is no more the judge of Roadies Rising.
However, according to the sources Nikhil has stepped in the shoes of Karan due to clash in schedule and not because of any other issue.
"Nikhil is being roped in to take Karan's place on 'Roadies Rising' due to clash in schedules of the journey shoot and Karan's other prior commitments," sources close to the channel told PTI.
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"When Karan was on the off-site in Los Angeles with the team, he spoke about having to give the 'Roadies' journey a miss this year due to some other engagements that he had to honour," the source added.
Nikhil, who has judged some seasons of the adventure-reality show, will now join as one of the gang leader on "Roadies" which also features Rannvijay Singha, Neha Dhupia, Prince Narula and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
Karan Kundra has been the judge of the popular youth show Roadies in the past two seasons and this would have been Karan's third season but now popular VJ and a former judge of Roadies Nikhil Chinappa has stepped into his shoes!