Among the sitcoms making waves in the
country, Papa Ajasco and Company ranks
higher. And one of the lead characters
that make people laugh whenever the
show is on television is Moji Oyetayo also
known as Mama Ajasco. In this interview
with The Entertainer, the plus size
personality, and sex. You will really enjoy it!
You’ve been quite busy these days. How
have you been coping?
The Lord has been faithful. I have been
getting loads of jobs these days. Slow and
steady they say wins the race but I am
getting it fast, fast and I am certainly
winning the race. I have been getting
feedback from producers and marketers.
I have done lots of soaps and movies and
I have broken the jinx because I was
involved in a Yoruba epic. When I got to
the location, I told them to please
manage my Yoruba language but when I
heard ‘action’, I did not believe what I
was speaking. I really did so well and
from that particular location I got three
other scripts. So, I am grateful to God for
his faithfulness.
How do you juggle all these jobs with your
conventional role as Mama Ajasco?
Luckily for me, my being Mama Ajasco
has not affected anything because at Wale
Adenuga Productions, we do bulk shooting
at the first season and second seasons.
So, I have the time to move from one
location to the other or do whatever I
want to do.
Aside the roles you have taken up, do you
look forward to a particular role?
Ironically, I have been doing lots of
comedy and that is just one side of me. I
am a funny person and when people got
to know that side of me, they just
bombard me with scripts, but I intend to
take up some more serious roles.
Meanwhile, I have taken up some
motherly roles, and also bitchy roles.
These roles are basically for plus size
ladies. Our father is rich but all his
daughters are not married because they
are plus size, so, our father was trying to
see how he would sell us to men to
marry.
I am looking forward to a role that will
portray the real me. I am a serious
minded person and I love to speak
Queen’s English. When they give me
comedy roles I have to speak pidgin or
water down my English so I could pass
the message across.
What about roles that will reveal the sexy
part of you?
I am a professional to the core. I am an
African and I know that you are not
expected to go nude or have sex in the
movies and all of that. I understand my
limitations as an African woman but I also
respect my professionalism, which means
if I get a script that says I should go out
of my clothes, I will take it and act it
professionally. I shot a job in Calabar in
January. It was a horror movie but my
part was the sex relief part. It was a
situation where the governor’s daughter
was kidnapped and there was catastrophe
in the land. My own part was being the
governor’s girl friend, and the governor
felt in the heat of the problem that he
needed to relax and they brought this
voluminous, gorgeous girl which was me,
so I had to start massaging him. I had to
striptease, which means I had to take
away a little bit of my clothes, up to my
luxuries and I did this flawlessly. I do not
intend to go nude because I am an
African woman and I am proud of my
curves. I have dignity which means we
should always learn to cover our body, so,
I wouldn’t go nude on TV but I can act
anything. You can actually be seen and
not be seen. It’s a mental picture.
Have you been carried away in the course
of acting a romantic role?
It has never happened to me but I think
it happens when you are physically
attracted to that person. If you are
physically attracted to someone and you
find yourself in a role like that, it can
happen. But it has not happened to me.
What aspiration do you have that you are
yet to achieve?
I have just one aspiration and that is to
have my own talk show, and each day I
get closer to my dreams.
Don’t you think talk shows are becoming
proliferated?
There are talk shows you will watch and
you would not want to leave it and there
are some that you will never be caught
watching. In my case, I know what I am
up to. For instance, there are lots of talk
shows in America but Oprah Winfrey is
Oprah Winfrey.
Let me take you back to the plus size
movie you shot. Some are of the opinion
that plus size ladies find it hard to marry.
What is your personal experience?
It’s a fallacy that men do not like plus size
women. It’s the biggest fallacy that the
white men are trying sell to us. Don’t be
deceived; an African man is attracted to
curves. I am an African woman and I
know it. Do you know how many people
talk to me on a daily basis, even when I
am in my car? Honestly, that is a big
fallacy. It does not work. An African
woman is sexy and an African man loves
to see curves and hold curves in his bed,
so why would you tell me that an African
man does not like plus size women? It is
a lie.
Could it be as a result of having numerous
admirers that you are having problems
choosing who to settle down with?
Must we always talk about marriage? I
beg leave me. God will certainly perfect
all that concerns Moji Oyetayo. I am not
in any hurry. Remember I have been
married before and divorced and I don’t
think I have any reason to rush into
another one. Instead, let me take my
time to enjoy the privilege of being
single. Don’t you want me to be going on
free lunch dates? I beg…husband will
come, better one go come o, better one
go come sef.
Ladies of nowadays want to remain single
especially when they’ve got one or two
kids. As a mother of one, what is your
opinion?
I will not say that what you said is not
true. Once ladies have kids these days
they are just fine. That does not mean we
are trying to use men as baby factories.
The truth of the matter is that when you
look at the rate at which marriages are
failing you are not really excited to want
to run into it. I don’t believe you should
not be able to stay under a man because
you have a child or you want to remain in
your comfort zone. I intend to marry
again, I will marry again officially and I
will stay till death do us part.
Do you have any unpleasant experience
as a plus size lady?
Yes, I experience all sorts. One is when I
park my car and want to cross to the
other side of the road. Jeez… can’t a
woman walk without attention? I can’t
boldly walk without attention and it kills
me. If you ask me to escort you to that
boutique opposite the house, I won’t
because I know what will happen. Some
stare with glee, some with lust and
admiration. So, you won’t find me walking
on the streets of Lagos. If my car is not
good, I stay at home or call a cab or a
friend.
Two, the banks have this stupid
entrance… it used to disgrace them not
me (hearty laughter). When I enter, the
door begins to say all sorts of things. It’s
only my bank, GTB that does not do that
rubbish. I am not trying to sell them o,
but that of Fidelity Bank, when I enter it
begins to say ‘only one person at a time’.
And I will ask ‘how many are we?’ And of
course, the door says it loud and
everyone starts laughing. But because I
am a comedian, I will also ask ‘how many
of us you dey see, open make I pass’. I
will just make mockery of the whole thing
but it’s really killing.
Is it also true that men don’t like plus
size ladies because its stressful having sex
with them?
Won o mo angle ti won ma fi deal pelu e
ni (they don’t know the angle with which
to deal with it) If you don’t know how to
handle it don’t go there, leave it for
those who know how to handle it. End of
story (laughs).
What are the plus and minus of being
Mama Ajasco?
The plus is that I get to many places and
people recognize me and of course, it
places you on a higher pedestal.
Producers deal with me with respect
because they believe I have a name and
I’m good. It’s been good for me because
it makes it easy for me to penetrate the
industry. So, it opens doors for me and
makes me relate with people without
restriction. Does it have a minus? The
only minus there is that people see me
and expect to see an elderly person.
That’s all.
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