Popular comedian, Oghenekowhoyan Onaibe Desmond, better by his stage name as Destalker, has disclosed that he learnt dancing from being a mortician.
He made this known while featuring in the latest episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast co-hosted by actor, Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, also known as Nedu.
Destalke disclosed that he used to work as an undertaker before going into the rib-cracking business.
The Delta-born comedian explained that after graduating from the university, he worked as a commercial motorcyclist popular known as okada, mortician, and sales boy.
Destalker said, “I started from okada [commercial motorcyclist] as a graduate. From okada, I did undertaker. I worked as a sales boy in Enugu.”
Nedu inquired, “Undertaker mean say you sell coffins?”
Destalker replied, “Baba, don’t downgrade me. I carry coffins. I no sell. Na e I take learn dancing. That is why I say, life is a process. And in that process, make sure you enjoy it because every level, bring new devil.
“So, as you dey the process, dey pinpoint things because you go use them tomorrow. Now, people go say, ‘Ah! I love the you dance when you are on stage.’ I learnt dancing from undertaking rehearsals. But now I infuse the dance I learnt from undertaking into my comedy.”
