On Bigg Boss Tamil, the contestants were asked to imitate mentally ill patients and also behave like the inmates of a mental care home as part of a task assigned to them. This was strongly criticized by psychiatrists and activists. Many demanded that Kamal Haasan should apologize for what has happened.

In the episode aired on Saturday, Kamal took a strong position against the idea of being insensitive to the mentally sick.

"I am apologizing for a mistake I have not committed. Whatever I speak here in this platform is spontaneous. But the things happening throughout the week, the tasks given to the house inmates etc are not being arranged by me. But that does not mean I am distancing myself. I am also connected to this program. The way the contestants imitated people who are mental health is slightly disturbed is distasteful and I am angry about that. You may say that I have acted in films that depict mentally unstable characters. But in my films such character will not be a comedian. He will be the hero. Having said all these, I plead (to the organizers) that such things should not happen again. If anything like this happens again, This program is not important for me. Every one of us has a social responsibility. "

Only after making this loud and clear, the actor started anchoring the day's episode.