Kunal Nayyar’s recent comments about anonymously donating to strangers on the internet’s fundraisers have resurfaced on X — and the reaction to the Big Bang Theory star’s quotes is pretty depressing.
For reference, 44-year-old Kunal shot to fame playing Raj Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory, which ran from 2007 to 2019. He was eventually earning an estimated $1 million-per-episode on the show, and was ranked as one of TV’s highest-paid actors in both 2015 and 2018 by Forbes. As of 2026, Kunal has an estimated net worth of $45 million.
And in an interview with British outlet The i Paper back in December, Kunal detailed some of the good that he and his wife, Neha Kapur, do with their fortune, with the star explaining at the time: “Money has given me greater freedom and the greatest gift is the ability to give back, to change people’s lives.”
In addition to funding college scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, the couple supports various animal charities.
“But what I really love to do is go on GoFundMe at night and just pay random families’ medical bills. That’s my masked vigilante thing!” Kunal then revealed. “Money doesn’t feel like a burden, it feels like a grace from the universe.”
And this two-month-old news emerged on X on Sunday when entertainment news account Pubity tweeted: “Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar revealed he has been using his wealth to secretly pay people’s medical bills. He sits on his phone at night and looks through GoFundMe, giving donations to random families in complete anonymity.”
In less than 24 hours, this tweet has been seen more than 2 million times and racked up thousands of likes, retweets, and replies. However, the overwhelming response to Kunal’s generosity is seriously disheartening, with many dismissing his kind gesture to dunk on the fact that he had publicly shared it.
One reply with more than three thousand likes reads: “in complete anonymity but here’s a story about it that he shared.” Another asked: “He’s been doing it in private, was there any need for the public declaration?”
“It’s in complete anonymity except for the fact there’s a story about it,” one more sarcastically wrote. Somebody else tweeted: “Why publicly announce this??? Charity must be done without another person knowing.”
But others leaped to Kunal’s defense, with one person pointing out: “For yall crashing out in the cs It’s anonymous cuz the families he’s donating to don’t know it’s him.” Another argued: “Hot take – Doing good things for social media fame is okay too, because as long as people are being helped, nothing else really matters.”
Somebody else echoed: “What matters is that he helps people.”
And the rest just praised Kunal, with one popular tweet reading: “It’s one thing to give to a massive foundation, but there is something so personal and empathetic about sitting up at night and finding individual families to help. Bless his heart.” While somebody else concluded: “I am glad to know that somebody is doing the thing I would absolutely be doing if I had money.”
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