Apparently it is not just Geneveive Nnaji she is not friends with!
See excerpts from her new interview with entertainment reporter Chux Ohai.
“I don’t have close friends in
Nollywood. Everybody is my colleague. Maybe it is because I live very far way
from so many people in the industry. Secondly, I’m not very
good at visiting people. I don’t have that kind of luxury.
good at visiting people. I don’t have that kind of luxury.
Omotola
also counted herself as fortunate to have been married at a young age. And with
a hint of sympathy for upwardly mobile Nigerian women who are still unable to
walk down the aisle, especially some of her fellow female artistes, explained
the reason why they are finding it difficult to get married.
“If I hadn’t been married
earlier, I probably would not be by now. I don’t know if any other man would
have been able to handle me the way my husband has done. It is not because I am
a bad person. I am actually a very strong woman.
“At a point, you might
become so confused and wonder if any man will ever love you for who you are.
But, if you are not a very grounded person, you too can contribute to your own
problems. I consider myself to be lucky to remain married.”
Asked if
she had ever considered the fact that her daughter, who is now 18, could get
married any time and she would end up becoming a grandmother before her 40th
birthday, Omotola replied,
“I don’t care much about it. I
don’t even want to think about that because I got married early. What I always
tell people is that all fingers are not equal. The fact that I got married
early does not mean that my own child will get married early. My mother didn’t
marry early. So it is not hereditary. But if my daughter wants to get married
early and I like the guy and If I see that he is responsible enough, why not?”
Most
people might be wrong to assume that the stunning pretty actress live in
highbrow areas in Lagos, such as the Lekki Peninsular. But she lives in a
simple neighbourhood in the lowly Iyana-Oba area of the metropolis and she is
proud of it.
Revealing a lot more about her private life, she said:
Revealing a lot more about her private life, she said:
“I love where I live and I like
the way I live. I come out to do my work and go back to my wonderful mansion. I
am a cry-baby. I still cry a lot over the most unlikely subjects and for silly
reasons.”
Two
months ago, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde was at the centre of a gathering storm on
social media, after she posted a message on her Twitter page, allegedly
criticising those trekking long distances in honour of some leading politicians
in the country and addressing them as “silly youths trekking their future
away”.
The tweet had gone viral on the internet and Omotola had immediately found herself at the receiving end of criticism from many users of the social media who felt she had no business meddling in other people’s affairs.
Also recalling the episode, Omotola defended her comment by reminding her critics that it was her business, after all, to worry about the trekkers, since their actions were in the public domain.
She said:
The tweet had gone viral on the internet and Omotola had immediately found herself at the receiving end of criticism from many users of the social media who felt she had no business meddling in other people’s affairs.
Also recalling the episode, Omotola defended her comment by reminding her critics that it was her business, after all, to worry about the trekkers, since their actions were in the public domain.
She said:
“It is not that I am
against trekking. My point is that people should either do something for
nothing or they do it for fun. Although some people have said it is not my
business, I’m now saying that it is my business. For crying out loud, if I say
that I am trekking to go and celebrate, maybe a Boko Haram person, everybody
will pounce on me. They will see it as immoral, considering the fact that many
innocent Nigerians have lost their lives to the activities of the group.”
Like most
other artistes, Omotola hardly sees her own movies and her dream role in a
movie – the kind of role that she had always looked forward to having – is to
act the part of a super heroine.
“I have always wanted to be a
super heroine. I need one desperately,” she said.
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