‘Bahati and his wife stole my show,’ says Eddie
• Butita said that the Cook and Reveal on Diana Marua’s YouTube platform was his creation on Stage Presence media.
Comedian and scriptwriter Eddie Butita says singer Bahati stole a show they created together and sold it.
Speaking on Radio Maisha, Butita said that the Cook and Reveal on Diana Marua’s YouTube platform was his creation on Stage Presence media.
“I can never work with Bahati, he stole my show. The show is mine and I woke up and found that he had sold it. The idea was about having a conversation while cooking.
After doing a smooth first season of the show, Bahati approached a different company to sponsor it without my knowledge.”
Butita said he called Bahati as a friend and instead of trying to solve the issue amicably, the singer told him off, daring him to go to court.
“He told me to go to court. I called him as a friend. He said he had changed the concept. For the respect of the people I had requested him to compensate them, but he refused. I had approached even different people about it. I still had the rights. He didn’t know how long it took for people to decide how Diana would be good for that show.”
He said Bahati claimed to have registered the show in his name and would think about whether or not to compensate Butita.
Butita has scripted jokes for many performing comedians including Eric Omondi, Njugush and MCA Tricky.
His career as a comedy scriptwriter and director started at Churchill Show where comedians would ask for his advice before hitting the stage.
“The management at Churchill Show took notice and offered me a job as a creative where I would help comedians in an official capacity. That meant that sometimes I would not perform on stage.
That experience taught me that some people hate you for no reason. Some Kenyans would tell me that my performances were lame and compare me with other comedians. What they didn’t know was that I was writing jokes for their so-called favourite comedians.”
Recently, Butita bagged a lucrative deal with Netflix.
