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Published 6 March 2021
Kemi Ikuseedun, popularly known as Mummy Wa, is an online comedian and actress. Well known for playing ‘Mummy wa’, a fictional wife to the social media character, Mr Macaroni, in comedy skits, she has 122,000 followers on Instagram. She talks to
OLAJIDE SAMUEL
How did you venture into online comedy?
I started doing comedy around 2018. I used to go for auditions but they were not really forthcoming, so I started doing online comedy skits. That was basically how the journey started.
What led to the creation of the character, ‘Mummy Wa’?
Debo Adedayo, aka Mr Macaroni, actually created the character, ‘Mummy Wa’. One day, he saw me acting in a skit of mine and he called me to be part of his skit the next day. He asked me to play the role of his wife. That was how the character was born.