(MUST READ) "I’m proud of my curves" - Mama Ajasco Brags!!

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 Sun, the plus size comedian talks about her career, 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.