Oghenekowhoyan Onaibe Desmond, the Nigerian stand-up comedian, who is popularly known as Destalker, has revealed that his colleague, FunnyBone predicted that he would not last in the comedy industry.
He said FunnyBone told him that would fade away in six months.
The comedian disclosed this while featuring as a guest in the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast hosted by Shopsydoo.
He 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.”