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Lupita Nyong’o hosts Eric Omondi in New York


Comedian Eric Omondi on Thursday evening landed a rare opportunity to be hosted by Oscar winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o at her New York home.

Omondi, who once brought a Lupita look-alike to one of his comedy shows, shared the moment on Instagram captioning it:

“With my home girl @lupitanyongo Thank you dear for hosting me and for your encouraging words, always. #AboutLastNight #ValidDreams #EricOmondiWorldTour.”

Lupita was once brought to her feet by the comedian during her 2015 homecoming as he emceed the event at the actresses rural home in Seme, Kisumu County.

WORLD TOUR

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Comedian Eric Omondi’s post on Instagram of his performance as an acrobat on Times Square, New York. PHOTO | COURTESY

Omondi has been in the US for his comedy world tour staging performances in different cities starting with Dallas and Washington this weekend.

The comedian had on Thursday posted a video on Instagram showing how he performed an acrobat act on Times Square and earned $65 from passersby.

He captioned his video, “I just made 65 Dollars in less than 2 minutes in Times Square as an acrobat???? That’s like 6,500 KSH…Hivi ndio watu hukwama America.”

Omondi’s world tour that kicked off with a performance at the Bomas of Kenya last Saturday will end on December 12 at Johannesburg, South Africa.