‘MJ the Comedian’ is a popular Ghanaian stand-up comedian
Ghanaian comedian Musah Junior, popularly known as MJ the Comedian, has revealed that it is often difficult for comedians to open up on their struggles because people tend to label their concerns as jokes.
Speaking in an interview on Joy Prime on May 30, 2025, MJ explained that it can be disheartening when comedians try to express themselves, only for those around them to overlook their emotions or fail to recognise when something is wrong.
“It’s difficult for comedians to open up to people because when you do, they probably think you’re dropping a joke, meanwhile you’re talking about serious issues. That’s where extremely close people have to be very mindful of us as entertainers. They should be able to draw that thin line between we being funny and we being serious.
“Sometimes it gets very sad when you’re trying to really express yourself and sometimes you won’t even talk, there are some things you will see that the person around you should be able to notice that everything is not right” MJ the Comedian said.
He added that most comedians struggling with depression are usually tied to financial issues.
“It’s not just for me but some of my colleagues, majority of depression is because of money,” he said.
He added, “Most of my colleagues, those times whiles we were trying to make our industry a very nice place, some of my colleagues wanted to stop doing it because we weren’t getting what we were investing in, our time, the money and everything but as at now, those who are really depressed that I know in my team are now okay.”
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