Popular Nigerian comedian, Basketmouth has explained why he stopped taking master of ceremony (MC) roles at wedding events.

The renowned humour merchant revealed that while he knows he is loosing a lot of money by turning down MC gigs, he doesn’t mind because doing it made him feel bad.

According to Basketmouth, he had to make the sacrifice in a bid to preserve his artistic integrity.

In his words:

“The only thing I have stopped is private gigs like weddings and all. It is a sacrifice I have to make because I do standup comedy, that is what I do. I did not enter this industry to be an MC of a wedding and all that.”

“So I felt like I was adulterating the art, I felt bad about it and I had to stop. So if I am doing a private gig, I be doing standup comedy, not the MC.

“Let me just do my 30 minutes and bounce, but not as the MC of any event. I cannot do it anymore, that is like I am cheating on my craft. I am losing a lot of money but it is not about the money now.”