Comedian Kountry Wayne’s ongoing soap opera series has kept us glued to our screens for well over a year...particularly the love triangle between Shayla, Anthony and his dimwitted wife, Amber has been both an obsession and annoyance to fans who often have threatened to boycott Wayne and his skits if he didn’t stop playing with them.
But it seems like Wayne is doing something right, as his latest skit just landed 4 million views. It’s a huge milestone for any YouTuber, and especially for a series that normally nets around 90k views per video at best. But how did he do it?
The high drama
Let’s catch you up: Annoying Amber and Snaky Shayla are best of friends, but Shayla is having an affair with Amber’s no-good, very rich husband Anthony. For months, fans on TikTok and YouTube have been waiting for Amber to discover what has been going on. And finally, there’s been movement: Shayla just had Anthony’s baby and fans are talking.
“this dude more happy to have a baby with his side chick than have an adopted baby with his wife..dude do the right thing..leave Amber so Dalen can have her and treat her right,” wrote @Tamuery.Smith on TikTok.
“What a MESS. Shayla’s with Mike.Had a baby from her best friend’s husband.Kountry Wayne’s brother thinks it’s his baby!When the truth comes out it’s gonna be messy!” wrote @leowilliams593.
“Holding a sidechick baby with wedding ring on. Anthony and shayla ain’t sh*t,” wrote @Cynthia0272.
Throughout this long ordeal, readers in comments have noticed the bad writing and confusing storylines, but remain obsessed with when will Amber discover she’s being deceived.
Initially portrayed as a cartoon character of sorts, Shayla began to steal the scenes as well as Amber’s husband. Unlike other characters, Shayla started to seem more realistic as she struggled with guilt and love for Anthony and Amber. Even more so, fans noticed her changing her ways after meeting sweet-giant-of-a-man Michael Bless, who has shown her love despite friends laughing at him for falling for a pregnant woman.
Viewers love Shayla and Michael together, but Wayne likely didn’t expect that Shayla would become the main attraction.
There’s also a whole community of viewers who are even hoping Anthony and Shayla will capitalize on their sexual energy. But as Shayla’s character starts to feel real, others characters have taken an opposite turn. There are countless scenes in which Amber awkwardly starts praying out loud as if she’s in a play.
But maybe worst is a recent scene as Shayla can’t keep her eyes open after she just had her baby, the iPhone camera stays on annoying Amber who is holding Shayla’s newborn baby with the creepiest smile while she’s singing a lullabye. It seems like Wayne is trying to recreate Amber into a syrupy-sweet-Black-female-Job of sorts who just keeps getting the shit kicked out of her before she gets all her gifts.
But you can’t squeeze a hole into a square. And Wayne — a brilliant businessman who pays some of his actors six figures a skit— might not be to blame for not building on the chemistry he has in Shayla and Anthony and focusing so much screen time on Amber, who gets less views when Shayla is not in the skit with her.
Bad writing aside, if the real Amber (Amber Tai) created the triangle as Wayne has mentioned, it’s all adding up, though Amber has to notice how energized the comments are when Shayla is in a skit without her. In a recent scene with Anthony and Shayla, the two are sitting together on the couch in the apartment that Anthony has secretly bought for Shayla. Shayla is worn out after giving birth to a child that looks more like a healthy toddler than a 1-day-old.
A few cheeky TikTok users pointed out that she looks pretty well rested.
“I wish I looked that good after i had my baby,” wrote @lindarao935.
Others speculate that Anthony might not even be the father.
@sharonjohnson8069: Time for the DNA test to get this bull shyt in order.
@wwmedina: Dna for all please 😭
Wayne’s fans likely know their comments are exactly what keeps the storyline running. As long as intrigue remains, the story can continue, which means fans should not expect annoying Amber to get a clue anytime soon.
Mahalia Otshudy is a writer from England