Gbenga Adeyinka
tells anyone who cares to listen that ladies don’t find him attractive, the
comedian says his potbelly and old age are reasons ladies don’t ‘chase’ him.
He says,
“Some of us who are pot-bellied and ‘old’ don’t have the pleasure of being
chased by women anymore. We have left it for the younger ones. Women don’t
chase me anymore; they know this big belly wouldn’t let me run.”
Although
women don’t take Him seriously, the dark skinned performer says that his wife
takes him serious.
Adeyinka
says, “I don’t know if women don’t take comedians serious but my wife takes me
serious, especially when I want to pay school fees.”
With the
younger crop of comedians doing well for themselves and often laughing to the
bank, Adeyinka, fondly referred as the ‘Comedian of the Federal Republic,’ says
that he does not feel threatened.
“There is
no competition. I do not feel threatened by the younger ones. Who is there to
threaten me? I still work about four times a week. I am not threatened by
anybody. If anything, I am grooming younger ones so that I can relax and do
more expensive and fewer jobs,” he says.
The CFR
says it is only a fool that will not pray for the growth of the younger generation.
He
continues, “I think it is a stupid old person that would be envious of the
young ones making it because before we made it, some people were making it. I
do not believe that the younger ones are doing better than the older ones. I
know that I am still doing as well as anyone in the industry, but our prayer is
for the younger ones to grow. If we pray to grow and the industry dies, in 30
years time, nobody will remember our names. It is good as the young ones are
growing but then the growth of the young ones does not kill the older ones. The
older ones like myself are consolidated. We are doing bigger things that will
even help the younger ones.”
Source:
Punch.
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