"Every funny character you see me portray is someone I grew up watching or know" Bimbo Ademoye speaks on being a comedian
Popular Nollywood actress Bimbo Ademoye has shared that all the funny characters we see her play in her skits are actually people she grew up watching or people she knows.
Bimbo Ademoye is a Nigerian actress and comedian. She is known for her roles in movies like Sugar Rush, Gangs of Lagos, Anikulapo and many others. She recently revealed during an interview that she comes up with her skits based on people around her
She shared that her most famous skit which is Iya Barakat Teropi Secxxion is based on the people she had around her whike growing up she revealed that Iya Barakat is based of what she saw who growing around some of her aunties.
She said "It is crazy that people see what I do as comedy, but what you don't know is that it is just me imitating the people I grew around. Every single funny character that you see me portray is somebody that I grew up watching or know. For Instance, my show on YouTube, Iya Barakat Teropi Secxxion is a combination of all my aunties."
She also mentioned that "I have a brother who used to have a lisp, where he says 'ES' instead of 'S', so I put that in and then my aunty with the way she looks and then my hairdresser from back in Ebutte-Metta where I grew. All of these personalities put together was how Iya Barakat was created. Watching different people with different mannerisms and pronunciations is what people see as comedy, but I'm just recreating what I saw growing up as a child, and I am glad it is putting a smile on people's faces"
She revealed that she has also been imitating people right from her younger days and her aunties aunties had told her she would become an actress.
(Source: interview with Legit)
See example of her Iya Barakat skit
Popular Nollywood actress Bimbo Ademoye has shared that all the funny characters we see her play in her skits are actually people she grew up watching or people she knows.
Bimbo Ademoye is a Nigerian actress and comedian. She is known for her roles in movies like Sugar Rush, Gangs of Lagos, Anikulapo and many others. She recently revealed during an interview that she comes up with her skits based on people around her
She shared that her most famous skit which is Iya Barakat Teropi Secxxion is based on the people she had around her whike growing up she revealed that Iya Barakat is based of what she saw who growing around some of her aunties.
She said "It is crazy that people see what I do as comedy, but what you don't know is that it is just me imitating the people I grew around. Every single funny character that you see me portray is somebody that I grew up watching or know. For Instance, my show on YouTube, Iya Barakat Teropi Secxxion is a combination of all my aunties."
She also mentioned that "I have a brother who used to have a lisp, where he says 'ES' instead of 'S', so I put that in and then my aunty with the way she looks and then my hairdresser from back in Ebutte-Metta where I grew. All of these personalities put together was how Iya Barakat was created. Watching different people with different mannerisms and pronunciations is what people see as comedy, but I'm just recreating what I saw growing up as a child, and I am glad it is putting a smile on people's faces"
She revealed that she has also been imitating people right from her younger days and her aunties aunties had told her she would become an actress.
(Source: interview with Legit)
See example of her Iya Barakat skit