Renowned comedian and influencer, Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori, popularly known as KieKie, shared insights into her journey, revealing that she initially began as a fashion critic before venturing into skit-making.
Speaking as a panelist at one of the sessions during Entertainment Week Lagos, KieKie disclosed that she combined comedy with fashion criticism, a unique blend that caught the attention of industry professionals. This recognition eventually led to an invitation to start creating skits, marking a pivotal moment in her career.
Despite starting small, KieKie highlighted her growth, emphasizing that she now manages a YouTube page and creates her own content independently.
In her own words:
“I infused the comic side into my content, and that was what gave birth to my fashion shock show. It was a bit of critiquing fashion, but infusing comedy into it. That was one of the things that made the show grow at the time.
“It was a case of wanting to show more and having the right people around me to encourage me to do that. That is why I always tell people that it is very important to surround oneself with the right set of people that will push the right elements out of one; and not with the most irrelevant things.
“People started seeing the comic side in my fashion content, and they began pulling me into skits, saying, ‘This girl is hilarious; come and feature in skits’. One skit turned into five, then 10, till we got to this point. Before I knew what was happening, I had started producing my own content, and opened a YouTube channel.”
