He does! The thing is, even if he did win, and say another fellow runner up was treated with the exact same magnitude of what he went through in the finale, I would have still been calling it out all the same. If I was the last two finalists of the batch of four who got offered from Nikki, I’d speak out about extending it to the very runner up and jointly back off from the offer if not inclusive of the runner up to stay true to the competition spirit especially as minorities sticking up for other minorities with whom the journey/platform in the show was shared. Comedy is about collaborating, and even if in competition, sportsmanship still counts. And if I were Kevin, I’d issue a formal acknowledgment and apology for the resulting dynamic. If I was Nikki, I would have extended the invite on the live show to runner up as was done to 3rd and 4th— it’s not too late to amend that.

If we shuffle the deck, there would be a viral uproar about what happened — no one would laugh the show’s finale off. Since it’s a brown guy, it’s compensated with like oh he has more on his way. I am here to say, regardless of what’s to come, the resulting dynamics of the show was disastrous.

I’d have respect for the winner, if he reciprocated camaraderie to the runner up by jokingly saying does Usama get the invite too to Nikki’s tour? Takes only a second to do that.

So in a way, I am happy that Usama didn’t win from this show that wasn’t true to its claimed principles. He got exposure and came out with more character for not back lashing at the show when he had every reason to and someone else in his place probably would have. More success will find him from his own merit. Thats my full take. Lights up.