“How desperation almost pushed me into prostitution” – Actress Omotola Jalade opens up (Video)

Popular Nollywood actress and singer, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has opened up about how desperation at a young age almost pushed her into prostitution.

Speaking in a chat with media personality Chude Jidenwo, the thespian narrated how she lost her dad to the cold hands of death when she was 12 and how the tragic event almost derailed her life.

According to her, she learned to be emotionless, and things never got to her again, no matter how hurtful they may be, since her dad died.

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Watch her speak below,

In other news, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has bemoaned the level of suffering the average Nigerian goes through in the country.

The thespian, who relocated to the U.S with her family two years ago, said living in the US has made her deeply frustrated by the volume of needless suffering in Nigeria.

According to her, Nigerians are too intelligent to be suffering the way they are, and that she’s bamboozled by some things Nigerians endure on a daily basis.

She further stated that suffering is not something to be bragged about, and people shouldn’t have to suffer before basic things are provided.

Taking to her Instastory, the 44-year-old movie star,

“After Living in the US Now for about 2 years… Not just Visiting but living and changing Systems…
I now see Many things we managed and Let slide is just pure craziness…
I’m deeply Frustrated at the depth and Volume of the Needless Suffering Nigerians go through.
We are too Intelligent a people to suffer like this.
Suffering is Not lessons to brag about … it’s Evil.
Why must People SUFFER to get anything done ? Why ?!”