AFTER blowing away his Kenyan fans with his rib-cracking humour early this month, sensational Nigerian comedian Bright Okpocha aka Basketmouth is in trouble with his home fans after a joke-gone-wrong.
The renowned comic, who will be making a return to Kenya this August, chided his Nigerian fans and referred to them as “hypocrites who cannot even understand a joke” after they criticised him over a rape joke he had made. The 36 year-old funnyman talked to Nigeriafilms and lamented that many took the fun thing for something serious and stressed that he did not mean to hurt anyone.
“The thing is they are all hypocrites in this country. The thing is, it’s a joke. Do you understand me? It’s a joke. I crack jokes about my own death, do you understand, and people laugh about my own death, it’s just a joke. Let’s grow beyond this. Definitely, I’m not going to crack a joke about rape again, I shouldn’t even be saying the word. I’ve learnt my lesson, but we shouldn’t have limits. So I’m looking for another controversy, though not that type.”
However, he boasted that the scandal helped him sell tickets for the UK show, where 600 people bought even standing tickets for 75 pounds just to visit the show. Thanks to comedy merchant Opa Williams, Basketmouth is set to host a two-hour comedy show dubbed Basketmouth Uncensored: Disfunctional Mind, where compatriot music star Davido will also perform.
“Kenya’s performance of this show will be my fourth in Africa. I have performed it in Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria. I have also performed in UK and this July I will be in Australia. Kenya is a special country for me because the people are friendly and lively. Oh…and their women are sexy too!” he recently told Word Is.
By Elly Gitau
