AY Comedian: My Late Mother’s Last Message Made Me Who I Am
Nigerian comedian and actor, Ayo Makun, also known as AY, has revealed that the last advice he got from his mother before her passing shaped his life.
The popular stand-up act made this known while being interviewed on the latest episode of the Nancy Isime Show.
AY Comedian recounted the struggles he endured as growing child and how his late mother, gave him some words of advice about the need to be responsible and take care of his younger siblings.
He revealed that he saw himself and his siblings, including renowned event planner Lanre Makun and celebrity fashion designer Yomi “Casual” Makun, through school after their parents passed away.
According to the movie star, he was in school when he got the news of his mother’s demise and though it shook him, he held onto her parting words.
AY said; “I came home to ask for money that I needed for school, and the money wasn’t available. And then, we had lost my dad. So, she [my mum] was seeing me off, she was practically walking me on the street and encouraging me. She said, ‘You know Yomi is looking up to you, Lanre is looking up to you. Your younger ones are looking up to you. Don’t go and do anything funny, don’t be a part of any cult.’
“But the money dem never give me o wey I find come o but dem dey encourage me. ‘I know that it’s difficult, but then, just know that your younger ones are looking up to you. Don’t go and do anything stupid. God will do it at the right time.’
“Do you know how touching it will be getting all that messages from your mum, and then you get a call while in school that you’ve lost your mum? So, all of that moulded me like, okay, this is going to make me live a certain way of life. That was what gave me the boost to work extra hard to see myself through school, see my younger ones through school.
“It was her message. Her message was mor like, ‘Your younger ones are looking up to you.’ That message was what gave me the foundation of everything that makes me stand out today.”