Wesley Nicholas has more than 60,000 followers and millions of views on TikTok.
Wesley Nicholas has more than 60,000 followers and millions of views on TikTok.
By Stephanie Ockhuysen of RNZ
Wesley Nicholas has more than 60,000 followers and millions of views on TikTok, where he posts videos of himself teaching his cows te reo, how to be safe around an angry bull, and describing his wife the same way as his favourite cow.
While the26-year-old, known as thatmadguy2.0 on TikTok, loves milking the 400-odd cows and thinks he’ll always do it, standup comedy is fast becoming his focus.
“I’ve been doing it for a couple of years now, it was something I always wanted to do and finally plucked up the courage to do it, and now I’m full-blown addicted to it.
“We’ve done shows up and down the North Island to about 1600 people, and now I’m in the process of booking a tour, so that’s a pretty exciting prospect.”
The TikToks started because he used to do skits with his brother, he said.
“When I was a kid and I made one on TikTok and it blew up, so I was like ‘Okay, I suppose this is what I do now’ and years of trying to come up with new content, I thought this is something I do with my cows, why don’t I film that?”
Nicholas, who has been farming for 10 years, said New Zealand is a hard country for comedy as the opportunities and venues aren’t there.
