Nollywood actor and comedian Ayodeji Makun, or AY, has stated that he has exhausted all efforts to reconcile with his longstanding industry nemesis, Basketmouth.
The two have had a 17-year feud, which AY claimed was about an unpaid N30,00 bill due him by Basketmouth, which the latter refuted, emphasizing that they were never friends.
In a recent interview with Teju Babyface, AY, who claimed he has been trying to reconcile with Basketmouth for years, stated that he no longer minds going to his grave with their quarrel.
He stated that their senior colleagues are aware of his efforts 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, everywhere 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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