Kapil used the winning amount from The Great Indian Laughter Challenge for his sister's wedding since his family was going through a huge financial crisis.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Election, Kapil Sharma was declared the Brand Ambassador by the Delhi election commission.
Kapil Sharma is the brand ambassador for e-commerce websites like OLX and Policybazaar.com, luxury car Honda Mobilio and mobile phone Micromax.
Kapil Sharma was in the news for reportedly misbehaving with a Marathi film actress at the wrap-up party of IIFM (International Marathi Film Festival) Awards 2015. However, Kapil stated that he was not even present at the event.
Sunil Grover, who played the role of Gutthi on Comedy Nights With Kapil, walked out of the show, and much was spoken about Kapil’s involvement in the same. However, the comedian soon clarified that he had no authority over channel’s decisions.
Kapil Sharma was reported to have misbehaved with singer Monali Thakur, and Tanishaa Mukerji after a few drinks. But according to him, it was all meant in good faith and he did not intend to offend the ladies.
Bollywood's top actress Priyanka Chopra and Kapil once hosted a show together. But the actress left the comedian miffed when she kept him waiting for three hours, resulting in him throwing his mic out of anger. However, both of them later laughed about the incident in a series of tweets.
After the success of his celebrity talk show on Colors, Kapil began to renegotiate his rates with the channel. When the channel refused to abide by his demands, he went on to feature on the first episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, being aired on a competing channel, which was against his contract.
Kapil demanded that his show be changed from a bi-weekly to a weekly and also demanded a raise in his pay, given his success as a movie actor. The channel then introduced another comedy show in the vacant slot based on similar lines. The fact that the concept of the show being the same as his, Kapil decided to take his show off-air and reprised his show on a competing channel.
Some of his jokes about nurses and pregnant women have not gone down well with certain activists, which landed Kapil Sharma in a soup.