“AY tampered with loyalty” – Comedian Basketmouth opens up on Beef with AY

Bright Okpocha, often known as Basketmouth, a popular comedian, has spoken out about his feud with his colleague, AY Makun.

The two were rumored to have been at odds for years, since they always kept their distance from each other despite being in the same line of work (comedy).

According to reports and rumors, Basketmouth and AY Makun built their own comedy camps in order to set themselves apart.

Basketmouth has just cleared the air over his feud with AY, claiming that they are now on good terms.

The prominent TV host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, slanted their talk towards discord among comedians and broached the issue between him and AY, prompting him to provide a straight answer during his Black Box Interview series on Bounce Radio.

According to him:

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I’d have stayed where the competition is. I still do standup comedy but not with great energy because I’m targeting all-around entertainment now. My competition is me. There’s nothing [like a feud] between AY and I.

He came in my space; messed with loyalty by saying something to my lawyer Magnus that I told him in private. It was nothing but it was enough to cause a rift and have me put up the walls. We made peace and he apologised. I have no single problem with AY as claimed. We don’t talk.

Basketmouth also addressed rumors that he had taken comedian Bovi from AY Makun.

He said:

I did not snatch Bovi. Bovi is not a girl,

Bovi and I went to Abuja. He performed. I was blown away. When he was done, we talked about what he could do better. We’d been friends but that was the first I saw him perform. I didn’t know any background story,” he said.

I proposed that we do business together and we clicked. I was already hearing claims before and after the settled rift with AY.”

Basketmouth has stated that his major goal is on growing his audience/followers and avoiding conflicts with other comedians.

In his words:

My concern is increasing my audience, not feuds. How do I make viewers follow religiously? I have a film coming, a special coming next year ‘The Voices In My Head’, a sitcom coming to TV, another album. These I worry about.”