The fact that the Nigerian film business is littered with the remains of numerous failed marriages is no longer news. While many have attributed this to the nature of the work, Ronke Ojo, aka Ronke Oshodi-Oke, a prominent actress, believes otherwise. According to her, Nollywood is not alone in having a high divorce rate. “Their marriages don’t fall apart because they’re actors.
No one is immune to what is going on in society as a whole. There are a lot of marriages that don’t last. I’ve seen someone who was married for only two years and then divorced. It’s not because you’re an actress or an actor that your marriage will fall apart; it’s because it’s what’s’reigning’ at the moment. When the two spouses no longer have affections for each other, it requires a great love for anyone to stay in a marriage.”
People that indulge in prostitution (also known as runs) aren’t doing it because they work in Nollywood, according to the actress. “People who do such things would do them even if they weren’t in the industry,” she claimed. It’s because they’re like that. Even if they were in a different industry, they would behave in the same manner. Nigerian youngsters, according to the president, are lazy. That’s because everyone wants free money, including myself. Everyone wants to receive the benefits of their labor.”
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“I wouldn’t say there are some things I don’t like about the industry since there are no jobs in Nigeria and this is the only opportunity many people have,” Oshodi-Oke said of the things she didn’t like about it. I would have stated that the way people enter the sector is not the proper approach, but individuals are simply trying to make ends meet. We have no one to blame but ourselves.
