Kapil Sharma has landed himself in the middle of an ugly controversy yet again after he went on an abusive spree on Twitter yesterday accusing media and a journalist of doing negative stories around him.

What was most shocking about the Twitter rant was the use of choicest of expletives and a complete loss of control on his part, so much so that it looked like his account was hacked. Initially, that was the excuse his PR team used after they deleted the said tweets from his account. Later, the comedian admitted to posting all the offensive tweets.

According to reports, Kapil went ahead and called and abused the said journalist.

Later on, he also filed a police complaint against ex-managers Preeti Simoes and Neeti Simoes and the journalist who he abused, for allegedly trying to extort Rs 25 lakhs from him.

Kapil posted a picture of a complaint letter this morning captioned as, "Some people just want to defame you for few bucks but it will take ages to make a stand against the wrong.. I shall do it today n forever.."

Some people just want to defame you for few bucks but it will take ages to make a stand against the wrong.. I shall do it today n forever.. pic.twitter.com/Vg8bJoWwhF KAPIL (@KapilSharmaK9) April 7, 2018

But rather being angry with him, his ex-girlfriend and ex-producer Preeti feels really sorry for him. And she has also said that she hasn't received any complaint and his mental health should be of utmost concern for his family.

In an interview to Hindustan Times , Preeti said: "I am hoping it's not Kapil who has posted these tweets. The Kapil I know is a very intelligent, bright, young and dynamic man. It's most certainly his girlfriend Ginni Chatrath or maybe some friend, who is using his phone and doing all this. And if this is what Ginni and her one year with Kapil has brought him to, I feel sorry for both of them - Kapil for the choices he has made, and Ginni, because she didn't know how to handle a Kapil Sharma."

"My biggest concern is his mental health, which has deteriorated drastically in the past few months. I've spoken to him many times, he has messaged me and visited me and I've realised that he's not the same man that he was a year ago. It's not just depression.. it could be bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. He's getting suicidal thoughts. I've seen a very different him. His face has changed, his eyes have changed. He switches topics when he is talking. He repeats the same things 10 times when he speaks to me. Whoever has doing this to him, I really want to say, 'give up, move out, and take him to a rehab and give the poor man a chance to live'. I am scared because tomorrow, if in this state of depression, he does something, they'll lose such a beautiful person," she said.

What was more shocking was his phone conversation with journalist Vicky Lalwani on whom he hurled abuses on Twitter.

When Preeti was asked about the abusive phone conversation, this is what she said: "This is a sick man's behaviour. As for those abuses, in 8 years of my life with him, where we were in a [romantic] relationship as well, I've never heard him abuse. I was shocked to hear such condescending way of talking about women. Whoever the journalist's daughter is, I apologise to the woman. It's really sad what he said on record."

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