Bet, many Nigerians don’t know that popular comedians, Ayo Makun a.k.a AY and Bright Okpocha, better known as Basketmouth don’t talk to each other.
However, the billion dollar question on the lips of many is what could have caused the fight between the comedy stars.
Be that as it may, Ayo, speaking in an interview with Chude Jidenwo recently, revealed that the fight started way back in 2006.
He said; “In 2006, Basketmouth usually will get gigs like weddings – multiple gigs on a Saturday, maybe 2/3 weddings. So what he used to do at that point in time was to attend one, then at a point, leave the venue and catch up in the other venue and then you will need someone else to stand in for you. That was the opportunity I got from him of which I am very appreciative of till date.”
“Now, something funny happened. One of the gigs per se, I got his endorsement to go stand in. Usually what we get at that time is N30,000, and 30,000 at that time was everything to me.”
“30,000 would buy me my pack of indomie, recharge cards, fuel for my ‘I better pass my neighbor’ generator and then the opportunity to pay just one or two people to join me to do one or two skits that I can just quickly put out.”
“I got this job, and the people weren’t too happy to see me around the venue because they were expecting a Basketmouth to come. Long story short, the guy was later happy after the performance. There was an exchange of contacts. Then I left.”
“Two weeks running, I haven’t seen 30k. Because I didn’t see the 30k, and I was starving in Iponri, I decided to ask for 30K and he said this person hasn’t remitted, this person hasn’t paid, they’re not happy because of this and all of that.”
“And then me I was like, ahahn… but this person na, shebi you tell me say you were impressed and happy? Give my oga hin money na, make my oga take settle me and all of that. Me, I don’t care if you give Basket 100k for the job but my 30k is my 30k.”
“It was very funny to now hear from them, knowing that this full payment has been made long before the event.”
“I said ‘O-kay, is that the situation?’. So I forwarded this one’s message to this one and vice versa. So they now started fighting each other and all of that.”
“I didn’t do that because I wanted to get at Basketmouth per se. I did that because I was hungry, I was hustling and needed food on the table at the time.”
AY further recounted; “During one of his event, when my wife and I arrived the venue, my wife’s name was on the guest list, but my own was noticeably missing.”
“I was looking at my wife, my wife was looking at me, and she said, let’s be going home since you are not qualified to enter.”
“It’s so bad that my name will be removed from an event sometimes. Basket will be at an event. Maybe AY is on the bill, and he won’t introduce me if he’s the MC.”
“I will just go and pick up my mic on the floor and go and do my thing. But I never gave up. Every opportunity, maybe the wife gives birth, I would go with my wife, or maybe something is going on. I kept doing everything.”
“One day, Basket was in the club with a glass of drink, so I walked up to him. I said: Bright Okpocha (He’s my senior colleague but my junior in real), how far my guy. As you can see, God has blessed us.”
“You have a house in Lekki, I have a house. You have a child. I have a child. This thing that happened in 2006 guy drop am.”
“And my dear colleague looked at me eyeball to eyeball and said, I’m a beast. I don’t forgive.”
