By 23 January the online petition mentioned earlier had 4,800 signatures on it, and several articles were being written on what was wrong with this kind of broadcast journalism; this combined pressure resulted in the removal of the Maya Khan Facebook page and subsequently the taking down of YouTube links to this show. In her show on the 23 January, Maya Khan apologized for this episode and mentioned time and again that this was not meant to hurt people.
Al día 23 de enero, la susodicha petición en red había recogido 4800 firmas y por entonces también se habían escrito muchos artículos en los que se trataba lo incorrecto de este tipo de periodismo; esta presión conjunta acarreó la retirada de la página de Maya Khan de Facebook, seguida por la retirada del enlace de YouTube al reportaje.