Actor and activist Debo Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, says he has not gone quiet on government because of threats. He says he is exhausted from repeating himself to a country that complains and then settles.
In a post on X on Thursday, September 17, 2026, he moved to shut down a fresh wave of old interviews being recycled as if they were new.
“Just to put it out there and clarify things for the last time, I haven’t stopped speaking about the Government, Injustice or Oppression because of threats. Threats have been a normal thing since 2020.”
Then he drew the line he wanted to own.
“What I said and still stand on is that I am TIRED of saying the same thing over and over again.”
He did not walk back the anger.
“We are too relaxed for a country suffering so much. There is no reason whatsoever on earth for Nigerians to continue to accept the unconscionable level of corruption, oppression and inhumane treatment that has been inflicted on us all these years. And all I’m saying is until we are all ready to take action, I will be cheering on from the sidelines.”
The post landed after older clips resurfaced this week. Those interviews covered the danger that followed his #EndSARS activism, family pressure for him to leave Nigeria, and a March 2026 blast at the current administration that he later treated as the point he stopped repeating himself. He says the threats never stopped. The speech did, because the audience kept moving on.
He also made the personal cost plain.
“I have gone through so so much personally these last couple of years and I’m finally recovering and thankfully beginning to find some peace and happiness which I intend to enjoy as fully as I can without anyone’s permission.”
That recovery sits against a public stretch that included career wins and a well-documented financial crash he later blamed on a scam, a failed investment and betrayal. The new note reads like a man protecting a peace he almost lost.
He warned fans not to swallow recycled headlines.
“Most interviews of me you see now are from 2-3 years ago. I have no idea why they are bringing them up now but it doesn’t matter. I stand by all I have ever said. Just be careful that you don’t read only the headlines which are mostly false or misleading.”
The giveaway, he joked, is physical.
“I have shed some weight so you would know if it’s a recent interview.”
He added that body-shaming had been “one of the tools APC Slaves used to defend their Masters when they had no logical argument.”
Mr Macaroni first became a national name through satirical skits as Daddy Wa and Professor Hard Life, then through protest-era commentary and a growing film career. He still stands by the old fire. He just refuses to keep shouting it at a crowd he says is not ready to move.