Basketmouth, the comedian from Nigeria, recently made news by declaring that he is not friends with comic AY.
When asked about his relationship with AY, the comic star on “The Honest Bunch Podcast” with OAP Nedu, Basketmouth made the remark.
To clarify the situation, he replied, “First of all, AY is not my buddy. We’ve never been close. I have never been to his home. He has never been personally invited to my home. I’d never phoned him before, but one day I asked, “O boy, where do you think we should hang out?”
The comedian asserted that 90% of the stories that the comic star tells the public are bogus on the podcast as well.
The two comedians have been at each other’s throats for a very long time. In 2021, during a Black Box interview with media personality Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Basketmouth noted that he fell out with the comic star because he messed with loyalty.
This year, in 2023, Ayo revealed during an interview with Chude Jideonwo that an unpaid sum of ₦30,000 led to the issue between them.
The comic star said, “In 2006, Basketmouth usually had multiple wedding gigs on Saturdays’. So what he used to do at that point in time was to attend one, and at a point, leave the venue to catch up in the other venue, and then he would need someone else to stand in for him. That was the opportunity I got, of which I’m very appreciative to date.
“Now, one of the gigs that I got his endorsement to go stand in on usually, what we get at that time is ₦30,000, and ₦30,000 at that time was everything to me. I got this job, and the people weren’t too happy to see me because they were expecting Basketmouth to come, but the guy was later happy after my performance. There was an exchange of contacts. Then I left.
“Two weeks later, I haven’t seen 30K. Because I didn’t see the 30K and I was starving, I decided to ask for 30K, and he said this person hasn’t remitted, this person hasn’t paid, And then I was like, but this person said he was impressed and happy? Me, I don’t care if you give Basketmouth 100k for the job, but my 30k is my 30k.”
