Many people have the mind-set that since
it is the job of a comedian to constantly put smiles on the faces of
their fans, then they are immune to unpleasant emotions like sadness.
However, during a chat with popular comedienne, Helen Paul,
she explained that humour merchants are also humans who get sad and
depressed once in a while. She further told Saturday Beats a few things
that make her cry.
“When my baby is not feeling fine, I
cry. Sometimes when I miss someone who is no longer my friend, I feel
down but I have realised that you cannot have one friend forever. When
people misunderstand me, I feel bad but I have learnt to play with
myself. Fame has made me lose a lot of friends especially those that
want you to anchor weddings for free. Once you decline their request,
they stop talking to you and even when I beg them, they don’t answer
me,” she said.
The funny lady told Saturday Beats that
when it comes to her job as a comedienne, her husband is her biggest
critic and he goes out of his way to ensure that she is the best at her
craft.
She said, “My husband is the best critic
ever, he is my biggest critic. Whenever we go for a show together,
sometimes he tells me that I was not funny and he would mention the
names of people he felt performed better than I did. He would tell me
that Basket Mouth was the best performer. Sometimes instead of making
video of me while performing, he would film Basketmouth’s performance or
Funke Akindele. We are truthful to each other and we do not pretend.
“There was a time he got me one terabyte
of performances of different women like Queen Latifah, Whoopi Goldberg,
Funke Akindele, Toyin Aihmakhu. He would tell me to understudy them
because they are powerful; he would be quick to add that I am also
powerful but that there are places I would need to work on. My husband
is the best critic ever.”
Earlier in the week, Paul decided to
surprise random Nigerians she met on the street by gifting them products
she represents as brand ambassador. According to her, she did that to
put a smile on people’s faces this Christmas season.
“I enjoy making people laugh and happy
even when I am not in a good mood. I just woke up one morning and
thought about a way I could put a smile on people’s faces. So I decided
to share some of the products I represent as their ambassador. I felt
that instead of keeping everything in my house till 2017, let me give
them out and leave room for new things next year,” Paul said.
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