Popular Nigeria comedian, Bright Okpocha also called Basketmouth has revealed in a recent interview with Hitz 103.9FM that he will quit comedy in the next five years. The iconic comedian stated he wants to explore new terrains as he doesn’t want to be remembered as a comedian and as so will make every single year leading to his retirement count.
“For the past six years, I have just been floating. Last year, I told myself and my team that when I am coming back to comedy, I am going to do five years and I am quitting. I am quitting in five year;s I have got just five years to go with this and I am done.
“I can quit. There is a plan. The way I planned my life, I said when I get to 50, I would drop the mic. Definitely, I will be cracking jokes every now and then but it will not be a ‘professional’ thing for me. If you see me doing a gig, it is just me doing pro bono but I will not charge anybody to perform again.
“I have made enough. I would not say that I have made enough but I have committed myself to the art long enough to say, ‘take a break or quit and whatever you do from now till the end of time it is just you having fun’. I am into TV right now — movies, series concerts and production. I want to start a new journey, I want to experience something new. After five years I would have spent 31 years in the game. That is a lot of time and pretty much more than half of my life. I want to do something else and be remembered for something other than comedy.” the comedian stated.
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