Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
Many movie fans might be shocked to learn that, although she is quite
popular among her colleagues, star actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has no
friend in Nollywood. The actress revealed this much about her
relationship with her fellow thespians in a new interview with
entertainment reporter Chux Ohai. She said:
“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.
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:
“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:
“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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