¨After I could not afford rent for 3-4 months, I crushed at a friend´s place for 6 months¨ Eric Omondi recalls

Funniest comedian in Africa, Eric Omondi is now shining in his own light, but what most people don´t know, is that he has had his dark times too.

Depression, he has revealed, is a phase everyone who graces the limelight unexpecting, goes through. He did too but fortunately, Churchill came in as his mentor, and saved him at the brink of ´death´.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Citizen TV´s Lilian Muli he revealed that he once got thrown out by his landlord, for lack of rent.

After my house was locked 3 to 4 times (by the landlord) and everything confiscated, I asked Churchill for advice and he told me to get a manager and save money.

Funniest comedian in Africa, Eric Omondi

Days he would ´crush´ at his friends place for not just a night, but for a whooping 6 months due to financial struggles.

I crashed at a friend´s house in Highrise estate for 6 months until I got the Ksh 1 Million.

At one point, he earned himself a whooping Ksh 1 Million, as his first and he almost dished it all out on a Mercedes ride.

When I got my first million, I wanted to buy a Mercedes Benz but Churchill told me to chill. He asked ´aren´t you the same guy who did not have rent just 2 m0nths ago? Why are you forgetting so fast?´ Then he told me ´jipange´ and I took the advice until today. I was lucky enough to be mentored by Churchill and to give me direction.

But remember, this is all he had between ´him and poverty´. Fine, he rides a black Benz but sleeps on the streets, does that make sense?

Fortunate enough, Churchill sat him down just before his decision came to be and forewarned him about luxury at the expense of ´basic needs.´

So he gave up the Mercedes ´dream´ for investment that he does not regret till date because through that discipline, he is where he is, stable and thriving.

Eric cautions celebrities against´conforming´ to societal standards which are just not their level expressing:

The moment you have money and do not invest it, your art will dies…Mimi nimejipanga. Do not look at me and you want to live like me.

Big Tyme Entertainment CEO, Eric Omondi

His advice to young and upcoming talents is:

You push, you persist…its not everyone that gets their big break but the people who push who persist and who who insist.

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