India, Feb. 12 -- Actor and stand-up comedian Vir Das took to Instagram on Wednesday to weigh in on the ongoing controversy surrounding influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, urging a broader conversation on the state of journalism alongside debates on what constitutes good comedy.

Allahbadia, who recently faced backlash for his controversial comments on parents and sex during his appearance on the YouTube comedy show 'India's Got Latent', has been the subject of intense media scrutiny. Though Das did not name Allahbadia directly in his post, he criticised television news outlets for their continuous and often sensationalized coverage of the incident.

In his Instagram Stories, Das slammed the media's approach, calling it "a bunch of irrelevant ...