Basketmouth Shares How Colleagues Who Beg on Stage Affected Him, Warns Them: "It's Disrespectful"

• Comedian Basketmouth has slammed his colleagues who use their jobs as a means to beg for money on stage
• He shared his experience while performing and how a man made him feel embarrassed by his action
• The actor, who is delving into filmmaking, also disclosed how he was devastated after two of his sponsors pulled out from his movie

Comedian and actor Bright Okpocha, aka Basketmouth, has shared how the begging habits of some of his colleagues make him feel.

He asked if those who did it were mad and advised them to stop the act because it watered down their craft.

The father of four recalled how he was performing on stage, and a man sprayed him with money. He said he felt embarrassed.

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In a chat on CreativiTea Live with Linda podcast, Basketmouth also spoke about his upcoming movie, A Ghetto Love Story, and advised that his mates should collaborate with younger talents.

According to the 46-year-old, he has experience in what he does, but he does not feel too big to share his platform with the younger generation and learn from them.

He also revealed how two sponsors for his upcoming movie pulled out, and it left him devastated. However, he had to raise N300 million within 12 hours.

Watch Basketmouth's video below:

Netizens react to Basketmouth's video

Legit.ng has compiled some of the reactions to Basketmouth's video below:

@kingtechk:

"The reason I stop attending these shows, they do one joke and the rest of the time is hailing people for money."

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@mrukeme:

"Them don turn comedy to packaging begging business. Perform and get out abeg."

@abodundeolagoke:

"Perform and get out, STOP BEGGING, it disrespects the ART."

@mr.martins_1:

"That begging part is now a culture for new comedians."

@romann_kk:

"Talk to Destalker directly."

Basketmouth shares his children's photos

Legit.ng earlier reported that Basketmouth had released new beautiful photos with his children.

The comedian shared the pictures on his verified Instagram page with a simple catchy caption.

Fans and colleagues trooped to his page to drop lovely comments on the beautiful family photos of the comedian and his kids.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng