Nigerian content creator and Nollywood actor, Adebowale Adedayo, widely known as Mr Macaroni, has opened up about his religious beliefs.
In a recent interview with actress Biola Adebayo on the latest episode of ‘Talk to B’, Mr Macaroni, who recently defeated colleague AY in a table tennis game, revealed that he has experimented with both Islam and Christianity but ultimately decided not to practice either religion after the tragic events of the End SARS protests in 2020.Expressing his disillusionment with organized religion following the massacre during the protests, the 30-year-old comedian disclosed that he was deeply affected by the widespread killings and violence.
Expressing his disillusionment with organized religion following the massacre during the protests, the 30-year-old comedian disclosed that he was deeply affected by the widespread killings and violence.
As the self-proclaimed “Daddy wa” puts it, he is deeply troubled by the state of affairs in Nigeria, particularly the low survival rate, and he feels a sense of helplessness, entrusting everything to God without taking any proactive measures.
During the question and answer session with Biola, he highlighted that he knows numerous successful individuals who do not adhere to any religious beliefs.
Mr Macaroni, who has not been in a relationship for ten years, made it known that anytime he wakes up, he always commits his ways to the hands of God and puts in his best at what he does.
The seasoned actor added that he has always known that he will be successful.
In his words, “My dad is a Muslim, my mom is a Christian. The beautiful thing is that I did practice Islam and Christianity but now I’m practicing none, To every man has his own way”.
“Early 2019 I was depressed, End SARs for me was touching for me because a lot of people that love me then did not love me again because of my participation and involvement”.
“Survival mentality in Nigeria is a curse, if you fit survive for Naija, you fit survive everywhere…….When I wake up every morning, I pray to God and tell him that anything that I’m going to do that will ruin the life of another person, I don’t want to do it”.
“A religion of love and peace. I have always known that I will be successful. I have a lot of Christians, Muslims and Traditionalists that are doing very well. There are lots of people that are not worshipping any God and are very successful”.
“Most of the countries that are succeeding in the world did not leave their future in the train of religion, they have struggled for their success, future, prosperity. They have a system that works”.
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The post triggered massive reactions as commenters shared their thoughts via comment section. Some reactions are shown below:
its_mjay86 said, “The only sensible man in comedy industry that I know. Don’t come for me else Ogun lo ma pa e”.
salamiphatyma said, “Nigerians that hate truth and truthful people. He is so correct he lost many supporters post emd sars , but man, you gained my respect and support for life. Once I see you I like straight even before watching cause man to stand for truth in this country requires an undying spirit. Ko easy.”
gbolaclassic said, “U are right at some point… but trust me u need to have a way of true worship to God.. he owns ur life bros”.
officialgraceodaboh said, “@mrmacaroni1 we call u papa and call ur sister mama if u remember in tender care 🙌🙌”.
