When asked about how he feels when others make of fun of him or his career, Kartik revealed that he prefers not to react, because it gives others the opportunity to comment on it. He stated, in an interview with GOODTiMES, "I feel whenever you give a reaction, saamnewale jeet jaata hai (the other person wins). So I don't feel like reacting to it. I don't feel like reacting to any negativity and I don't feel like being part of that negativity. By doing that, I'm just adding fuel to the fire. Whenever there's any negativity coming, you'll always see me staying away from it." He also shared that, "I know I'm not that person whose presence can be ignored."