BENGALURU: Be it his chai time sessions, web series Star Boyz or his stand up shows, Kenny has captured many hearts. Did you know there is a Quora page on ‘How many women are in love with Kennith Sebastian’? There is also a page on ‘How is Kenny Sebastian in real life?’ As Kenny is coming down to the city with his brand new one-hour show “Don’t Be That Guy,” we shot him with quirky questions about his life offstage.
Excerpts from the interview... How many guitars do you have? And do you name them? I have three guitars. My oldest is a Gibson Es335 electric, A Yamaha Semi Acoustic and my brand new Takamine Semi acoustic. I don’t name them. I never had the habit of naming what I own. I feel they might get offended if they have real names. Being colour blind, why did you choose to pursue visual arts? Wasn’t it (also film editing) a hindrance? It is a constant hindrance when it comes to editing and I pursued visual arts not knowing i was colour blind.
I thought i just got confused and didn’t know it was a legit condition. To be honest, I managed to find a way around it. Stereotypes of stand up comics that annoy you. That we are always joking around. That we aren’t very educated and that’s why we chose comedy. That we are eccentric and do drugs. Your craziest fan encounter Two guys following me on a bike after a show to my hotel room and demanded a selfie.
During your chai time shows, do you actually finish your cup of tea? My mother makes the best chai in the whole world. There I said it. I actually do drink a whole cup of chai during my chai time shows :) They do get extremely cold due to the length of the show.
Do you lose your mind when you find someone stealing our jokes? Well it is quite sad how casually people in India think plagiarism is okay. But the comedy community is very tight knit and if you keep copying jokes your career will not progress. Are you one of those who make memes? Haha I love reading memes. If I would make one, it would definetly be dog or chai related.