TOO MUCH MONEY--- I Have 1000 Pairs Of Shoes, “I Don’t Repeat Shoes– Comedian AY

 

AY in a new interview with Punch speaks on his Career, reactions to jokes, growing up in Warri, his wife and daughter and his 100 pair of

shoes. 

What fashion item do you love shopping for and can never get

enough of? 

I love shoes. Though I have over 1000 pairs, I still want to buy more and

more. All I need is to find something that I like; it might be something

similar to what I have in my closet but I would still buy it. 

You have over 1000 pairs of shoes. Do you repeat shoes? 

Of course, there are shoes that match different attire and suits, so you

have to repeat. But I don’t do that often so that people won’t say I am

going broke. If you see me repeat a shoe and believe I don’t have any

other one and the best you can do is talk about it, I see you as an arm-

chair critic. If you have an opportunity to go into my closet, you will be

looking for an opportunity to withdraw your statement. 

It is believed that you are not one of the funniest comedians in

Nigeria although your shows sell out. 

AY tells himself that he is not the funniest comedian; I don’t even need to

wait for people to tell me. People are entitled to their own opinion and AY

as a person knows that he is not the funniest. But there are so many

things that are put together to make you a brand. As the saying goes,

talent is not enough; there are so many things that make up a talent. For

example, you might be very good at Mathematics but when you want to write Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, you would also need

English and some other subjects to pass the exam. When we do the

general calculation and assessment, I don’t think you have any reason to

say that this guy does not qualify to be where he is today.