'Your father taught us how to mock people' - AY Makun fires Seun Kuti

Popular comedian and actor Richard Ayodeji Makun often known as AY has responded to Seun Kuti on his purported claims that he called his daughter a dog.

Recall that Seun said that AY had made jokes about his run-in with the law, his time in prison, and even how his daughter was a "dog".

Kuti criticized AY during an Instagram Live session, calling him a "dry goat with a smelly mouth" and unfunny.

The musician declared that none of his children would respect him and claimed that AY is a woman beater.

On Thursday, November 2, AY said in a video posted on his social media profile that, as someone who has searched for a child for 13 years, he would not make fun of people or children.

He cited a June performance in which he called a dog "Hilda," saying the humour was inspired by the criticism Hilda Baci and Enioluwa received for consuming dog meat in the state of Akwa Ibom.

Regarding the allegation of having mouth odor, the director stated he has never had intimate contact with Seun and is curious as to how he arrived at the conclusion.

He also mentioned how Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the late father of Seun, used his songs and remarks to ridicule and target politicians, saying that comedians took a cue from him.

He said: “I am someone who has looked for a child for 13 years and I don’t think I will find myself in a position to mock another living being as a child and refer to that child as a dog. Concerning the skit I made in June, I want to categorically say that as a standup comedian, we run comedy on various social activities and trending issues. But I have come to understand that in Nigeria, people now take comedians seriously and politicians jokers, if you are familiar with my comedy, I do a lot of stage dramas, and we just talk about trending issues.

“I talked about fuel subsidy, which was removed at the time, and same time Hilda Baci and Eniola were both trending for eating dog and a woman called them out and made a joke about it. If anybody should have taken offence, it should be Hilda Baci but she saw it as a sense of humour and joke. There is no way I will refer to your son or daughter as a dog.

“As a matter of fact, there was nothing like a child in the video. I should be angry with you for calling me out to reject a national award and it was everywhere, but I didn’t take offence I just accepted it. You have travelled far and wide, your sense of humour should be more open to jokes. You throw shade, and nobody responds to you. Your father attacked and made fun of politicians, and many accepted it as a joke. Na your papa teach us work nah.

“People make jokes about me and I laugh over it because I know they don’t mean it. You said earlier that you are happy that my house got burnt but I ignored you and you are saying it again, the the most important thing is that I’m still alive. The same God that kept me alive will give me another one. I accept the joke of you saying I beat my wife, but you cannot accept it. Seun you said my mouth dey smell abeg tell me we don kiss before? I have never met you before on a close range.”

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