Popular comedians Oluwaseyitan Aletile, popularly known as Seyi Law, and Adebowale Adedayo, aka Mr Macaroni, clashed on Thursday over claims regarding the latter’s rise to fame.
Seyi Law, in a post shared via his X.com page, referenced a video and claimed that Mr Macaroni had begged him for a skit opportunity during his mother’s birthday party in January 2020. He stated that not only did he give Mr Macaroni the platform, but he also wrote the skit that allegedly brought him into the limelight.
He wrote, “I remember my cousin, #toluthejesusbaby, disturbed me several times to meet this young, talented Nigerian, and he brought him to my mother’s birthday in January 2020. I spoke with him, and I agreed to support his craft.
“I wrote this script for him and went ahead to act with him, and like they say, the rest is history. Many skit makers benefited from my benevolence by using my voice, where I shouted, ‘Yeeee! Yeeeee!!’ in their skits without royalty payment. ‘Kundus’ to them for their massive success.”
However, Mr Macaroni denied the claims and responded with screenshots of conversations between the duo.
According to him, it was Seyi Law who allegedly slid into his DM, and they both collaborated on the skit idea together.
He wrote, “Ehya Uncle Seyi, you shouldn’t be doing this to yourself. I am ashamed that you are doing this and it breaks my heart that I also have to respond to you this way to correct some of these unnecessary lies.
“Firstly, I never asked your cousin to reach out to you on my behalf. How could he have brought me to ask for your support in 2020 when it was you who reached out to me in December 2019 telling me you had an idea that would do so well if we worked on it together?
“Contrary to your claim that you agreed to support me when Tolu brought me to your mom’s birthday in January 2020, you invited me yourself for the birthday celebration and I honored you with my presence.”
Speaking further on the topic of fame, Mr Macaroni insisted that he had already become a viral sensation with his “Daddy Wa” content before the skit collaboration.
“Bear in mind that I was already a viral sensation at this time with the Daddy Wa contents having almost 100,000 followers, which is why you reached out with the idea.
“I don’t deny that collaborating with you on that content was a big deal for me, for which I showed love and respect and reciprocated when you also called upon me to help you promote your show,” he added.
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