Josh2funny, a Nigerian skit producer, has explained why he quit dressed as a woman in his skits.
During an interview with the Honest Bunch podcast, the comic revealed that he received unwelcome advances from fans while playing the character Mama Felicia.
To avoid additional embarrassment, he stated he decided to ditch the Mama Felicia identity and embrace Brother Zacchaeus instead.
“You see, difference between me and some other people wey dey do female character, my own was straight comedy. Anybody wey go see me like me no really get sense, no really know where e dey go because I made sure it was stupid,” he said.
“Mama Felicia is a stupid character, it was straight stupid. I had a lot of advances. E get one guy, the guy came to my WhatsApp and was like I really like you, I went straight to him and I said bro I’m going to pray and you’re going to be blind in two weeks, the guy begin beg me. Why you go see me, like me?
“E join why I leave the character. It was Mama Felicia I turned Brother Zacchaeus. Instead of wearing female dress, I had to drop it and start putting on male clothes, using the same accent. It was becoming embarrassing for me because I mean I just want to make people laugh.”
Born Josh Alfred, Josh2Funny shot into the limelight when his skit #DontLeaveMe went viral.
In August 2023, he took his comedy to the global stage by performing one of his skit characters, “fastest reader in the world”, on America’s Got Talent.
