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Bright Okpochi a.k.a Basketmouth is one the celebrated comedians in the country and the story of his struggle to shrug off poverty well known in the industry. He often makes jokes of his beginning at function.

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Below is the complete story:


It's nice to see you again. You look very prosperous.

Thank you. I try my best. We try to dress well so that we can be addressed well

What has dressing well got to do with looking prosperous?

Well, we hustle with time and dedication to the art and with the standard I'm in right now, it's only proper for me to try as much as possible to take care of myself, keep fit, eat good food and dress well. So that's why my appearance makes me look prosperous. I'm not going to deny the fact that God has blessed me. But I'm still hustling.

What about the babes?

They are inevitable and I handle them but I have a plastic face. So most times they say, I don't look friendly.

I'm sure you have been embarrassed by some of them

No I try not to do such. There are things I'm prepared for and I try not to see them as embarrassments. Especially when I go to the  universities-some girls just walk up to you and do all sorts of things. Some walk up to you and touch you and they get all excited about it. So, it's just a pointer to the fact that they loved what I do

Was it the joke in you that attracted your wife to you?

Well, funny enough when I met my wife, it was on a different ground. I went to Unilag to promote a show and she walked up to me and called my name. I looked at her and winked. Then I noticed her beauty. For the first time, I ran after a girl to toast-I've never done it before.

She gave me a fake number(laughs). I now went back to the hostel and stood in front of it through out the next day-I was waiting for her to come out and she did.

So what did you do when she eventually came out?

I asked why she gave me a fake number. She started laughing and I told her to give me her number. She gave it to me, I called her immediately to confirm and that was how we started talking.

So how did you propose to her?

I didn't propose, it just happened naturally. She already gave birth to our baby before we got married. We already knew we were going to get married even while we were dating because we were comfortable with each other.

So I didn't really propose but we talked about marriage, the future and other things. The day we got married, I just told her that we should go buy a ring and get married(laughs). She asked if I was serious-I told her yes and that I was tired of being single.

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A typical Nigeria lady, who is not disciplined, would have given out her number to Basketmouth on the first date.