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Keeping everything aside, why were Shreya and Shilpa behaving like absolute monsters to Madhuri? It's not like she backstabbed Shreya. If anything, Madhuri has only ever been kind to shreya. In fact, she stood by Shreya even when the entire house was against her? Even when Shreya was calling her dumb yesterday, Madhuri stood up for her against Y and Ak? What else does Shreya want in a friendship?
Ak was right when she said, "She is not your puppet." I felt so bad for Madhuri yesterday.

Keeping everything aside, why are Shreya and Shilpa behaving like absolute monsters to Madhuri? It's not like she backstabbed Shreya. If anything, Madhuri has only ever been kind to shreya. In fact, she stood by Shreya even when the entire house was against her? Even when Shreya was calling her dumb yesterday, Madhuri stood up for her against Y and Ak? What else does Shreya want in a friendship?

The way Akanksha gave it back to Shilpa without uttering a single abusive word? Chef’s kiss. 😭 She put Shilpa right in her place using nothing but calm, sharp comebacks and somehow managed to get under her skin instead. The tables turned so beautifully; last week Shreya and Shilpa were the ones poking and provoking Akanksha, and this time Akanksha returned the favor. No screaming, no cheap shots, just straight-up serving her own medicine. My girl is back, and how. 👏🔥

Episode 10 genuinely put me off.
Akanksha came across as an absolute spoiled, privileged, entitled brat. I remember finishing that episode thinking, “Yeah, this isn’t it.” She was completely out of line, and I don’t think anyone can defend what she said or how she behaved.
But then I came here the next day.
And somehow I found people calling Shreya dignified. Dignified?
That’s when I started questioning my own reaction.

Because while Ak had one spectacularly awful day, Shreya has spent the entire season bullying people, character assassinating them, slut-shaming, age-shaming, throwing abusive slurs around, and repeatedly crossing personal boundaries. None of those were heat-of-the-moment outbursts. They were conscious choices, made over and over again.
Yet somehow she’s the “baddie,” while Ak becomes irredeemable because she finally snapped. People are even ready to support and glaze a literal criminal like Shilpa to hate on Ak. How is that normal?

The difference, for me, is that what Ak did was an angry outburst. It was horrible, unjustifiable, and she deserved to be called out. But it wasn’t calculated. It wasn’t part of a pattern. In fact, she was self-aware enough to apologise to Madhuri and acknowledge that she had crossed a line.
Shreya, on the other hand, has shown a pattern. When the same behaviour repeats itself day after day, it stops being “just how she is.” It becomes a choice.

So no, I don’t think Ak is perfect. She’s impulsive, flawed, and has made mistakes. But if my choices are someone who loses control once and owns it, versus someone who repeatedly chooses to demean people and is still celebrated for it… I know which contestant I’m backing.

Maybe that’s an unpopular opinion, but that’s where I’ve landed.

Officially lost all respect for Akanksha today. Success has clearly gone to her head, and I’m genuinely so disappointed.

I never thought I’d feel this way, but after today, I don’t see myself rooting for any Splitsvilla contestant again. Her behaviour wasn’t just disappointing - it was completely indefensible. I would have expected this behaviour from Shreya. Not her. Truly disgusted.

Does anyone remember the weeks around the Splitsvilla finale? There was this massive wave of support for Ruru. I understood the sympathy; she had clearly been hurt. But what struck me was that Ak had also gone through a lot, yet literally anything even remotely positive about her would get instantly downvoted. Sometimes it wasn’t even a pro-Ak post, just a neutral comment.

I genuinely remember wondering if I was missing something. Are so many people seeing something I’m not?

Fast forward to now, and I’m getting the exact same feeling on the other Lock Upp sub. Some of the takes defending Shreya or glossing over her behaviour leave me scratching my head.
It made me wonder - do PR teams actually become active on Reddit while a show is airing to influence the conversation, and then quietly disappear once the season is over? Or is this just how fandoms naturally ebb and flow?
Curious if anyone else has noticed this pattern, or if I’m just overthinking it.

I’ve genuinely tried to stay as neutral as possible while watching the show, but the last couple of episodes have left me scratching my head.
First, Harshad. His reaction to the whole Shivangi-Shreya situation felt so unnecessarily over the top. It was a disagreement between two girls, so why was he screaming, shouting, and inserting himself into it with that level of aggression? I honestly couldn’t understand where all that rage was coming from.

The same thing happened during the Laila-Yogesh issue. It almost felt like he was emotionally guilt-tripping Yogesh into taking his side. But why should Yogesh back him if he genuinely thinks Harshad is in the wrong?

And then there’s Shivangi. I don’t know if I’m the only one who feels this way, but something about her “sweet, innocent friend” image just doesn’t land for me anymore. She’ll cry buckets over a friend who has repeatedly spoken to her disrespectfully, but when it comes to Akanksha, she’s been surprisingly cold and dismissive.

Maybe I’m overanalysing, but both of them have started feeling… performative to me.
Is anyone else getting the same vibe, or am I reading too much into it?

Maybe it’s just me, but Ram Kapoor’s behaviour today felt a little odd. The way he immediately pounced on Ak the moment she pressed the buzzer… I don’t know, it felt like he was being unusually protective of Shreya. Is everyone in the ITV circle just scared of upsetting Shreya now?

And what's with Shivangi’s whole “I’ll always stand by my friend even if she treats me like garbage" act? It just isn’t landing for me.

Also when Ak said,
“Sir, aap usko kuch zyaada bolein nahin same cheez ke liye kyunki aapko pata hai ki woh sunegi nahi, aur aapko lagta hai main sun lungi.”
I was like, exactly.

It genuinely feels like everyone’s already accepted that Shreya won’t listen, so why bother? Much easier to lecture Ak because she’ll probably take it.

Which is exactly why I don’t think tomorrow’s outburst is about one incident. To me, it looks like days of resentment finally spilling over. These ITV stars have been taking her a little too lightly, almost expecting her to quietly absorb every lecture, every jab, every unfair assumption without ever reacting.

What do you guys think?

Another narrative doing the rounds is that Ak was laughing while Yogesh and Shreya were sparring.
Let’s stick to what actually happened.
Shreya began with the “tera baap ka show” remark. Yogesh responded by going below the belt. If you’re calling Yogesh out, and you should, then have the same energy for Shreya, who initiated the exchange. Accountability loses all meaning when it’s applied selectively.

Now here’s what doesn’t make sense.
How has this somehow become another opportunity to vilify Ak?

She wasn’t even there when that exchange took place. There were three other people sitting there, listening to the entire conversation in real time. Strangely, none of them are under scrutiny. Instead, the discourse has somehow shifted to the one person who wasn’t even present.
Ak walked in much later. The moment she laughed was after Yogesh said, “Apna dimaag neeche gir gaya hai, utha lo.” Conflating that with the earlier “father” remark is simply rewriting what happened.

It genuinely feels like Ak doesn’t need to do anything to be blamed. She just needs to exist. Every controversy, no matter how unrelated, is somehow forced back onto her.

For months, we were told the same story.
According to Diksha and Himanshu, Akanksha was the manipulator. She was accused of running negative PR against everyone, painted as a fake friend, and portrayed as someone who never genuinely cared for anyone. Yet, that narrative never quite aligned with what we actually witnessed.

When Diksha was eliminated, Ak was one of the few contestants who openly stood up for her, even fighting with Tayne’s group because she was upset over Diksha leaving. Then Diksha returned, and almost overnight, she became openly hostile towards Ak. The shift was so abrupt that many viewers questioned what had happened behind the scenes. Today, Diksha herself admits that Himanshu influenced her perception of Ak. Ironically, the very person who spent months accusing Ak of manipulation is now being accused of manipulating others.

The same applies to Himanshu.
For a long time, he was celebrated as the “green flag” of the season. Because he supported Ruru, many overlooked how patronising and dismissive he often was towards women. His version of events was rarely questioned. He repeatedly accused Ak of running negative PR and portrayed her as the mastermind behind every controversy.
Fast forward to today, and both Himanshu and Diksha are publicly exposing each other.

And it doesn’t end there.
Post-show, Ak became the convenient villain for virtually everything. Every controversy somehow found its way back to her, regardless of whether she was actually responsible.

I’ve never argued that Ak is flawless. She has made mistakes, and she deserves criticism where it is warranted. But there is a significant difference between holding someone accountable and turning them into the default antagonist in every story.

Perhaps it’s finally time to reconsider whether Ak was ever the master manipulator people so confidently claimed she was, or whether she became an easy scapegoat because believing in a single villain was far more convenient than accepting a more complicated truth.

The Himanshu situation is exactly what made me revisit Ruru’s actions after Splitsvilla. For months, her fanbase called Ak a cheater supporter and treated that as the biggest moral failing imaginable. Now that similar questions are being asked of Ruru, suddenly I’m seeing calls for grace, context and empathy. I can’t help but wonder,where was that same grace for Ak?

And while we’re at it, yes, Yogesh was wrong. I’ve always felt he was the most wrong in the trio situation. But why is his mental health constantly dismissed as “acting”? Just the other day, I saw a Redditor openly happy that he was crying. I genuinely don’t understand how celebrating someone’s breakdown is considered normal. Either we care about mental health, or we don’t.

Looking back, I also think it’s fair to question Ruru’s own role in keeping the post-show drama alive. If protecting your peace was the priority, leaking private calls, teasing “bombshell” revelations, and repeatedly revisiting the breakup in public only fueled more speculation and hate. That’s why people have started reassessing her actions now.

For me, the issue isn’t that Ruru is being held accountable. It’s that the same people who refused to extend empathy to Ak, or even basic compassion to Yogesh, are now asking everyone to show unlimited grace to Ruru. Why this double standard?