Nigerian stand-up comedian, Oghenekowhoyan Onaibe Desmond, popularly known as Destalker, has revealed what FunnyBone said about his career.
Destalker claimed that his colleague, FunnyBone predicted that he would not last in the comedy industry for mre than six months.
He made this shocking disclosure while appearing as a guest in the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast hosted by Adesope Olajide.
According to him, after winning his first award as the Best Comedian of The Year, FunnyBone opined that he will fade away in less than a year.
Destalker also said that when he made that comment he did not know that he overhead him, and so he put the success of his career in God’s hands.
He added that after dedicating his comedy career to the Almighty, he won the same Best Comedian award four times in a row.
Destalker said; “After I won my first Best Comedian of the Year award, my colleagues started getting jealous of me. FunnyBone said, ‘What does he feel like? Let’s give him 6 months.’ He didn’t know I was sitting close to him when he said it loud.
“He said, ‘Abeg! Six months he will go down.’ Listen, you cannot give time for what God has timed. FunnyBone continued, ‘Let’s give him time, highest one year. No be so Akpororo do? Where is Akpororo today?’ I said, ‘Okay, let’s see if it’s God’s time or man’s time.’ I won the same award for four consecutive years.”
