Was it a publicity stunt?

Bigg Boss winner Ashutosh Kaushik a few days ago announced that he���s participating in the international reality show Big Brother.
He even spoke about how he would manage with the foreigners in the house. But now the guy is doing a U-turn saying it���s the media who has been hounding him on this. So did Ashutosh do it for publicity? ���Why will I do it for publicity?��� he shot back, when contacted.���The offer was there but it didn���t work out,��� he said.
Meanwhile there���s talk of he participating in the laughter show Comedy Circus and that too with Shweta Tiwari, the estranged wife of his co-contestant, Raja Chaudhary. Ask Ashutosh about this and he says, ���I���ve got the script but the final details are still being worked out. I���m still not sure whether I���ll be doing the show,��� he says cautiously, not wanting to get embroiled in another controversy.