January 05, (THEWILL) – Nigerian actor, Jim Iyke, has stated that he paid fellow Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu to beat him up in a viral video last year.
THEWILL recalls that Jim Iyke in August 2021 had engaged with Uche Maduagwu physically after the latter questioned the source of his wealth.
Speaking concerning the incident, in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, Jim Iyke stated that the whole thing was planned and that he paid Maduagwu after they reached an agreement.
He said, “I called the man, we had an understanding, I paid very well for it, rolled out the script, called Moses in, we shot it and we’re about to release the ending of it. I’m not stupid. I will never make that kind of mistake.”
Jim Iyke disclosed that it was his plan to promote his movie, Bad Comments.
“We buried over N20m in the production of that film and people were still viewing it with a certain degree of cynicism. Immediately there was a scandal, it caught fire,” the actor declared.
He further disclosed that he was discouraged about pulling the stunt but moved on with it because he understood what the people wanted.
Iykw said, “I even called my sister the day before and she said that it will backfire. I said ‘No’. I understand people’s mindsets. They have a propensity for gossip and bad news. There’s no way it would backfire.”
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