On the premiere edition of her new show, Tea Talk, veteran interviewer Toke Makinwa was joined by Nollywood celebrities Chidi Mokeme, Jim Iyke, and Kate Henshaw. Here are Chidi, Kate, and Jim’s responses to quick-fire interview questions about choosing between Wizkid and Burna Boy, Lagos versus Abuja, and other topics.
“Late night shoot or early morning shoot?”
Chidi Mokeme: Late night shoot.
Kate Henshaw: Early morning shoot [laughs].
Jim Iyke: Late because nobody is seeing me the next day.
“Lagos or Abuja?”
Chid Mokeme: Lagos
Kate Henshaw: Lagos
Jim Iyke: Abuja. I’m the only one that lives there.
“High Life or Afrobeats?”
Chid Mokeme: Afrobeats
Kate Henshaw: Afrobeats
Jim Iyke: Afrobeats
“Intense monologue or hilarious comedy scenes?”
Chidi Mokeme: Intense monologue!
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Kate Henshaw: Intense monologue!
Jim Iyke: Hilarious comedy scene. You have to laugh. It’s the secret of life.
“Detty December in Lagos, or Calabar Carnival?”
Chidi Mokeme: Lagos. During Donald’s time, I would have done Calabar carnival.
Jim Iyke: Lagos my dear, Calabar is played out. You can always be surprised in Lagos Detty December, but Calabar, we know it’s a straight line.
Kate Henshaw: I would have said Calabar carnival during Donald’s time, but I will go with Detty December in Lagos. After Donald left, it all went down. It was nice before. Now you’re not missing out, before you were.
“Wizkid or Burna Boy?”
Kate Henshaw: I plead the fifth
Chidi Mokeme: Fifth!
Jim Iyke: I plead the fifth. We just show love.
“I mean, come on!”
Jim Iyke: You know what? Fuck it! I would go with Davido.
“I didn’t ask Davido. Davido is not on the table. I asked Wiz or Burna?”
Jim Iyke: No wait, Burna is my boy na, what are you talking about? Burna is my pick
Chidi Mokeme: Yeah, Burna
Kate Henshaw: I will pick Burna Boy even though he’s crazy. He’s July like me, so I’m partial like that.
Jim Iyke: He’s good crazy
Kate Henshaw: Yeah!
Jim Iyke: Yeah! [laughs] Crazy is what makes us. You can’t be sane and do this job.
Chidi Mokeme: Yeah I tell you, you can’t be sane.
Kate Henshaw: See, you gotta be crazy to be in Nigeria oh. You can’t be normal oh, they go look for your problem oh! Na person wey dey tear shirt na him them dey run from [laughs].
Jim Iyke: So Burna, I didn’t know Burna was an option. Burna
Chidi Mokeme: Burna!
What do you think of Chidi, Jim, and Kate’s responses to these questions