According to Teju Babyface, his calling was never stand up comedy but rather mentoring and teaching and his television programme.Teju Baby Face who spoke to his audience at his “Teju Baby face Academy”, said “The Teju Baby Show” which runs on TV stations across the nation has given him the opportunity to fulfill his life calling.
“To say the truth, all the years I spent doing stand up comedy were nothing but a waste of time. It was later I found out my calling is in mentorship and teaching. That is why I am doing this now”, he said.
During an interview in June 2017, Teju Babyface admitted stand-up comedy was a struggle for him for so many years. He said, getting on stage was always a struggle and the audience didn’t help matters as well.
These were his words:
“It was always a struggle to be a comedian. You may not have seen the struggle but every time I got on stage, it was a constant struggle. I had to prove myself to the audience constantly at every performance.
It was a constant struggle and there were times I had been called on stage and the applause at the best of time would be polite, at the worst of times it would be non-existent. If you think about it, I really did not look like a comedian.
It was as if the audience did not believe I could make them laugh; so I always had to prove myself. There was a time that it did not matter because I really enjoyed doing it. But after a certain time, your inner man would call out to you and things like discontent would start to set in.”