Popular stand-up comedian, Ayodeji Makun, better known as AY, says he had given up trying to reconciled with his longtime industry rival, Basketmouth.

The Nollywood actor said after several failed attempts to reconciled with his colleague, he is ready to take the beef to his grave.

Recall that the comedians have been engaged in a 17 years beef, which AY claimed was over an unpaid N30,00 debt owed him by Basketmouth, he also mentioned being turned away from Basketmouth’s wedding despite attending with his wife.

However, Basketmouth earlier said he fell out with AY because the comedian messed with loyalty but he has apologized and they made peace.

Meanwhile, comedian AY in a recent interview with Teju Babyface said otherwise.

He said: “The bros [senior colleagues in the comedy industry] knew [about my beef with Basketmouth] and at some point in time, they had to ask me to slow down. They were like: ‘You’re doing too much. You are putting in too much to make this thing work. Friendship is not by force.

“I was believing that ‘No, this can work’. Even in my last stand-up comedy, I had to go on stage and I did another routine ‘My guy. How’s my guy? This is my guy. If you see this guy, tell him he’s my guy.’ And the following morning, every where exploded again. ‘We are not friends. We are not that. We are not this.

So, for me now, I’m not pushing anything anymore. As I’m here now as AY, if I have to go to my grave without sitting with any of these guys to say ‘hello, ‘hi,’ I will be happy.”