Nigerian comedian Josh Alfred, popularly known as Josh2Funny, has revealed the surprising reason for his decision to stop portraying a woman in his comedy sketches.
He explained that the unwanted advances he received from male fans while acting as “Mama Felicia” were uncomfortable and disturbing.
In a recent episode of The Honest Bunch podcast, Josh2Funny shared how these encounters pushed him to retire the Mama Felicia character and create a new persona named “Brother Zacchaeus” to avoid further harassment.
Recounting a troubling incident where a fan continuously messaged him on WhatsApp, Josh2funny emphasized the importance of safeguarding his personal comfort and safety by making this transition.
In his words:
“You see, the difference between me and some other people wey dey do female character, my own was straight comedy. Anybody wey go see me like me no really get sense, no really know where e dey go because I made sure it was stvpid.
“Mama Felicia is a stvpid character, it was straight stvpid. I had a lot of advances. E get one guy, the guy came to my WhatsApp and was like I really like you, I went straight to him and I said bro I’m going to pray and you’re going to be blind in two weeks, the guy begin beg me. Why you go see me, like me?
“E join why I leave the character. It was Mama Felicia I turned Brother Zacchaeus. Instead of wearing female dress, I had to drop it and start putting on male clothes, using the same accent. It was becoming embarrassing for me because I mean I just want to make people laugh.”
