Ayodeji Makun, or AY, a Nollywood actor and comedian, has said that he has exhausted all attempts to reconcile with his longstanding business nemesis, Basketmouth.
If you remember, the two have had a 17-year spat over an unpaid N30,00 debt owing to AY by Basketmouth, which the latter rejected, emphasizing that they were never friends.
In a recent conversation with Teju Babyface, AY said that despite his attempts over the years to come to terms with Basketmouth, he stopped minds going to his grave with their dispute.
He said that older colleagues are aware of his attempts to reconcile with Basketmouth, and that they advised him at one point to cease pressuring Basketmouth to reconcile.
AY said, “The bros [senior colleagues in the comedy industry] knew [about my beef with Basketmouth] and at some point in time, they had to ask me to slow down. They were like: ‘You’re doing too much. You are putting in too much to make this thing work. Friendship is not by force.’
“I was believing that ‘No, this can work’. Even in my last stand-up comedy, I had to go on stage and I did another routine ‘My guy. How’s my guy? This is my guy. If you see this guy, tell him he’s my guy.’ And the following morning, every where exploded again. ‘We are not friends. We are not that. We are not this.’
“So, for me now, I’m not pushing anything anymore. As I’m here now as AY, if I have to go to my grave without sitting with any of these guys to say ‘hello, ‘hi,’ I will be happy.”
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