Karan Johar opens up on KWK: “I just cried and didn’t know why I was crying”

The host of Koffee With Karan Season 8, Karan Johar, talked candidly about his personal battles with mental health. The director disclosed that he went through a severe manic episode in April while the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre was being unveiled.

Thursday at midnight saw the return of the eighth season of the renowned discussion show Koffee With Karan, which is hosted by Karan Johar. Power couple Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone were guests at the season’s opening.
When Karan was asked about his personal problems, Deepika was asked about her experience with depression.

In the opening portion, Karan reminisced about spending time in a helicopter with Deepika and Farhan Akhtar in 2017, returning from Shah Rukh Khan’s birthday celebration in Alibaug.

holding her hand all the way through. “She just cried, and I looked at her and thought, ‘I don’t even know how this feels,’… until it happened to me.”
Karan continued, “I think there were three tough years of the pandemic and there was trolling and I didn’t realise that I was trying to be tough and resilient and brush things under the carpet.”

He also recalled another incident from NMACC where he felt low. He said, “The legitimate attack I had was at the NMACC launch and Varun Dhawan was gazing at me. I didn’t even notice I was sweating. Varun took my hand and asked, ‘Are you okay?'”
He concluded, “I took off my long and ostentatious jacket and left in half an hour.” I just went to bed and cried. “I just cried and didn’t know why. I consulted his psychologist, who prescribed medication to him.”

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