Tag: Comedian Destalker

  • Why I attempted suicide three times, by Comedian Destalker

    Why I attempted suicide three times, by Comedian Destalker

    Comedian Destalker has recalled how depression led him to commit suicide three times.

    According to him, he was unable to find employment following his graduation from college and turned to commercial motorcycling.

    The comedian said that his sadness was caused by his inability to find a profitable job or make progress in his career, as well as frustrations from family members.

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    Speaking in the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast, DesTalker said: “I graduated with a degree in Public Administration but couldn’t get a job. So I started doing okada [commercial motorcyclist]. But the truth is, I already had it on my mind that I didn’t want to work for anybody. You must have a blueprint of what you want to become even though the country has its own blueprint waiting for you.

    “I was struggling. It wasn’t easy. There were a lot of distractions and it got to a point where I was suicidal. I attempted suicide three times. I think nobody has heard this part of me. That was when I realized that even I couldn’t take my life. I now believe that when you’re suicidal, your miracle is close. The devil doesn’t just want you to attain it. The closer you are to your destiny, the more difficult the challenges. That was my story.”

  • FunnyBone said I will fade away in six months – Comedian Destalker

    FunnyBone said I will fade away in six months – Comedian Destalker

    Stand-up comedian, Oghenekowhoyan Onaibe Desmond, popularly known as Destalker, has revealed that his colleague, FunnyBone allegedly said he wouldn’t last six months 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.

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    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.”