What is the relationship between Uncle Mark and
the little comedienne? How was she discovered? What is her worth now
having won several awards at home and abroad and was featured on CNN
recently and has the most shared video on Youtube.
Emmaneulla and Uncle Mark were NAIJ.com’s guests and they bare it all in this exclusive interview.
Parents’ reaction now that she’s a superstar
Just
the same way I feel. They are like wow this has gone big. It came as a
surprise that we are going this big, when we noticed we told ourselves
we have to be serious about it so that we will not disappoint our
viewers and followers. That is how we turned our hubby into something
serious.
Emmanuella’s remuneration
It’s
no longer family-family thing but now business. Emmanuella’s family and
I realized that she is a minor now though a celebrity but she is going
to grow up. So we need to save for her future. Together with her parents
we have put things in place for her.
Comedy and travelling effect on Emmanuella’s education
It’s
affecting her. Before now she was attending a public school and when
the stardom started setting in we have to move her to a private school.
Even at the school because she is Emmanuella they gave her preferences
such that if she said she is not ready to learn they will take it from
her. When I learnt about this development I went mad. One day, I took it
out on the principal for allowing her to have her ways. Despite the
warning they still kept doing that so I changed her school. Despite
telling them why I moved her to the school some teachers still give her
special attention, it’s a battle. And when we travel outside the country
we always look for a teacher even before our landing in that country.
And since their curriculum is quite different from our own we go extra
length to break it down to her. We always tell her foreign teachers to
try to synchronise Nigerian school curriculum with theirs so we can get a
balance. And the good thing is that she has learnt some things her
classmate has not learnt before.
Emmanuella and Uncle Mark displaying awards won in Australia
New things learnt while abroad
There
was a time she learnt something about aviation where they told her that
at times the pilot does not see what is in front and they rely on map
and she came home telling me that pilots do magic and they can go and
hit someone.
Emmanuella’s real age
She is six.
People says she is older than six
Looking
at her now does she look older than six? Emmanuella looks big on screen
like 12 years but when you see her live you know.
What class is Emmanuella
I am in primary two.
Emmanuella's hairstyle
She will make her hair sometime when she is older and can decide for herself.
No earrings
Yes.
No earring, low haircut, why
Maybe
religion by not only that, it’s in the family too. In our family we all
cut our hair, both male and female and Emmanuella in particular doesn’t
like it. If you try making her hair she can’t carry it for long as she
will tell you it hurts her. There was a time we wanted to travel and I
told her fans want her to make her hair, she was like, if I make my hair
now my fans will not recognize me again. You know her hair also has
something to do with her brand.
Emmanuella relationship with her age mates
Answering
herself she said: “I feel happy but that does not mean I am special
than them. Some kids also have talents and I have mine. Some said they
want to be like me but I tell them be yourself and do anything you love
to do from there God will use you to be a blessing to your family.
Emmanuella looks playful
Emmanuella is very playful and easily distracted.
Grasping her lines
That
is the magic. That is one part of Emmanuella that is a mystery. At
times while on set, she might not want to learn and might keep us
waiting for hours. When you think all hope is lost she will come up and
deliver her lines excellently well.
Poor camera quality
We
are still working on improving our equipment every day. We change
camera often as we are still in the testing period. By 2017, we will be
coming up with a movie and we don’t want people saying it does not meet
international standard. Also, we don’t want to be too serious with the
comedy skit. We try to be as natural as possible because if we try to
polish it too well it might look fake and the message will be lost. But
in the movie we are working on we want to be as professional as
possible.
Emmanuella brought change to Mark Angel comedy skits
The
aim is to create interesting contents and whatever it will take to
create such contents we will do. I realized that people love what we
create with Emmanuella as the country is hard so we put in more efforts.
But people are telling me that I am killing my career by promoting the
Emmanuella brand. That is what people want to see and some people don’t
understand that. They need to understand what you are out for, is it
for fame or work? Do you want to touch people’s lives? However you
achieve it as long as it is in line with the word of God just do it.
