Oh Really? Popular BasketMouth Said The Rape Controversy Helped Publicize His Show

Popular comedian, Basketmouth is at it again. The award winning comedian in a chat with Rubbing Minds on Sunday disclosed that the rape joke he shared on his Facebook page sometime ago which didn’t go down well with many persons (and they obvioulsy insulted him for that); really helped him sell his ticket.

It was the show's host, Ebuka who started the stuff when he asked Basketmouth the biggest lesson he learnt after that rape joke incident; and Basket mouth's reply:

“None! The thing is they are all hypocrites in this country. Most of us actually are. The thing is, it's a joke. Do you understand me? It's just a joke. I'm not celebrating rape, it's just a joke. And they wanted to just kill me, you know, and I'm sorry about it, honestly, I am sorry about it, but.. I tried as much as possible not to let it consume my creativity because if I start saying, oh you can't talk about this, there shouldn't be any topic that
can't be talked about, it's a joke. I crack jokes about my own death, do you understand, and people laugh about my own death, it's just a joke. Let's grow beyond this. Definitely, I'm not going to crack a joke about rape again, I shouldn't even be saying the word. I've learnt my lesson, but we shouldn't have limits. continue

But I'm happy that controversy came up, it helped me sell my tickets. I sold out, my show was sold out big time, we even started selling standing tickets. There weren't meant to be standing tickets, regular tickets were supposed to be 25 pounds but because of the controversy, London Guardian carried the story, even compared me with Jimmy Carr, my tickets sold out. We even sold extra 600 standing tickets at 75 pounds! So I'm looking for another controversy, though not that type".

Lol! Anyway, in entertainment, every publicity is good publicity. I know an international celebrity whose popularity doubled after her sex tape allegedly leaked on-line. Watch the video Here