August 24, (THEWILL) – Nollywood actress cum entrepreneur, Lilian Afegbai, has stated that she lost a relationship all because she is an actress.
She made this known in a video, made in pidgin and English language posted on social media. According to her, those looking up to celebrites and hoping to become one should think twice because it is not an easy journey.
She revealed that there is a price to pay and most people are not ready for that part of the bargain. They just want the glamorous aspects of it.
She added that being a celebrity and actress has cost her so much. She narrated how she lost a potential relationship with a good man just because she is an actress.
“Omo, this celebrities status, I want to be celebrity, are you prepared because it is not easy. No be the one wey you go reach 30 years and you will say you want to jump the fence and say oh, I am depressed. It is not easy ooo.
“Three weeks ago, you know say I dey do akanchawa real estate one side. I come dey close deal with one guy on the side wey buy property from my boss I dey work for. I come meet him friend who is a single guy.
“You know single girls when you meet clean guys, you will just be chitchatting. I come dey ask the guy, oh are you married? He said no. Do you have kids? He said no. Are you a Christian, he said yes.
“I asked him, which church do you attend? He told me Daystar, everything just dey nice and I said what God cannot do does not exist.
“My own time don reach ooo, we come dey chat, you know all those secondary school calls. In two weeks, the guy don dey show me some moves.
“We go church together, everything choke, I don give am title for my head. I don dey plan wedding for my head.
“One day, we went for dinner and he asked me why I am always saying we are shooting. He also asked what else I did.
“I come dey run my mouth, I told him I am an actress, I told him that I stopped at a time, but I am back again. I also told him that I influence for some brands.
“I no know say naa the resume wey go scatter everywhere na wetin I dey drop. Naa so the guy reverse, he reverse like 360 degree, e bi like magic.
“The guy no dey call again and I felt, I should act and play hard to get.
“He sent me an Instagram page and asked if it was my page and I said yes, that was the last time I heard from the guy.
“Yesterday, the guy come call me and said since I told him I was an actress, he doesn’t want wahala, this and that. I told the guy that I am different, it’s just a fake life and he said we should just be business partners.
“I just concluded that you cannot be judging me by whatever, it means you are not for me, I just move on.
“But low key, I just dey sad, I just dey think, if say I dey use the accounting I study for school, everything for just dey smooth with this guy.
“Omo! the thing pain me gan”, she stated.
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