Actor Faysal Quraishi received quite a bit of criticism for his comments on Fahad Sheikh’s alleged disrespect towards senior actor Mohammed Ahmed and subsequent apology, which he appreciated by saying it was “big of Fahad” to apologise on social media.

Now, in an Instagram story shared by his wife Sana Faysal, Quraishi says he misspoke and it was actually big of Ahmed not to name names when airing his grievances on a podcast last week.

Sana asked Quraishi what he meant when he said it was “big” of Sheikh, which the actor said was a mistake on his part.

“Actually Sana, I was trying to say it’s big of Mohammed Ahmed sahab that he wasn’t giving out name and it’s good that Fahad apologised. There was a mixup. I’ll delete the video, I just haven’t found the time.”

Quraishi said people were accusing him of favouring Sheikh because he was friends with him. “Guys, Mohammed Ahmed sahab is an older friend of mine, [we’ve been friends] for about 25 years. I made friends with these guys later, but the point is that we’re all together.”