October 29, (THEWILL) – Nigerian actor, model, and television presenter, Gideon Okeke has said that he was blacklisted by filmmakers for five years. According to him, he was blacklisted by a certain movie company for five years because he tried to set a standard for himself.
He wrote; “Adversity is good. I thank God for everything I had to go through to get back here. In the centre of my spot,” he wrote.
“I am thankful for being blacklisted by a certain movie company. Five years it took, not 1 film I made. Ntooor! Good for me. My crime? I dared to set a standard for myself. SMH. I am thankful for my practiced faith in God and myself. I am thankful that my (then) adversaries know how to recite the words of Psalm 23.
“I am thankful for adversity because through the fire, Now I shine like a diamond. Adversity. It is gonna make you roar like a lion, just so you can be the lamb that you truly are. The Lord is my shepherd. And I have never lacked. You will never miss me again. Somebody said I fell off. But I am still thankful I did, JOE.”
In 2020, Okeke narrated how an unnamed woman threatened to frustrate his acting career and he wanted to quit acting due to ill-treatment from actors in the industry.
The actor also questioned the actions of Nollywood producers on the case of the ailing actor John Ikechukwu Okafor.
