India, April 15 -- Following the India's Got Latent controversy last year, comedian Samay Raina did not release an apology video. He has now revealed that he attempted to record one nine times, admitting he was mentally zoned out and demotivated during that period.

Samay looked back at the controversy in a new podcast on The Longest Interview with Vaibhav Munjal. He mentioned that writing Still Alive "healed" him. He even revealed that the podcast was recorded at Mumbai's Habitat, which is run by his friend Balraj Ghai. It is the same studio where India's Got Latent was shot.

"I'm like this today because of that (writing Still Alive). Balraj has seen me. I was like a dead body. I was just zoned out. I was just looking around. Just deper...