I watched Karan's contorversial clip on aajtak. And here are my two cents.
When Karan came out and did not meet his fans, I did not think much of it, although I appreciated the fact that Shilpa and Pankit made that effort for people who were waiting for another actor! Karan may have had problems or distracted whatever.
But when the aajtak team asked him about it, he could have been more sympathetic to the waiting fans or even said something like 'sorry I was not in the mood./was tired etc' and stressed how important fans are to him. But instead, he said 'if I spend time with them here (=not working in the serial) what will they watch at home?' which is a ridiculous statement.
I am sure DMG production team would not have minded him 'wasting' 5 min for his fans.
For those who defend him and say it's his personal issue, all I can say is, it was his response to the aajtak team which brought him down in my eyes, not the fact that he ignored his waiting fans.
Sorry if anyone is offended by my post.