Elijah Adebero
Popular actress, Lilian Afegbai, has recalled how a sex role nearly earned her expulsion.
Afegbai shared this information on the latest Tea with Tay episode, where she said she was made to face a disciplinary committee at the Benson Idahosa University (BIU) in Benin.
According to her, it was her first movie role and it wasn’t easy for her as she had to combine both her education and her career in movie acting.
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Speaking further, she revealed that she was called to face a panel and she had to explain to them that she would never do such again because it’s against her Christian faith.
She said:
“I STARTED ACTING FULLY IN BIU.
IN THE FIRST MOVIE THAT I DID, THEY ALMOST EXPELLED ME FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE I HAD A SEX SCENE WITH JIM IYKE. SO WHEN THE MOVIE CAME OUT, THEN I WAS YOUNG. IT WAS JUST A LOT, AND PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW HOW JEALOUSY NOW, PEOPLE STARTED TELLING OUR REVEREND SEB’S WIFE.
AND SO THEY BROUGHT THE MOVIE TO SCHOOL, THEY SAID I ACTED AN ILLICIT SCENE, THEY FIXED A PANEL.”
She said she had to explain to them that all they saw was make-believe, and she wouldn’t do anything to jeopardise her Christian faith.
“I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET EXPELLED. I WAS SCARED.
IT IS A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND WHEN PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT THINGS IN SCHOOL AND MAKING IT A THING, YOU ACTUALLY FACE A PANEL.
WHEN I WENT TO THE PANEL, I MADE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT I AM CHRISTIAN.
I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO JEOPARDIZE MY CHRISTIAN FAITH BUT THEN THIS IS ACTING MA, IT’S MAKE-BELIEVE.”
Lilian Afegbai also maintained that divorce is not limited to the entertainment industry.
SHE SAID:
“AS MUCH AS PEOPLE SAY ACTRESSES DON’T MAKE GOOD WIVES, SOME ARE MARRIED AND HAPPY.
WE SHOULD STOP FOCUSING ON THE NEGATIVE BUT RATHER ON THE POSITIVE.
VETERAN ACTRESS, JOKE SILVA, IS STILL MARRIED TO ANOTHER VETERAN, OLU JACOBS.
EVEN IF PEOPLE SAY THEY BELONG TO AN OLDER GENERATION, THERE ARE MANY YOUNG ACTORS WHO ARE MARRIED AND ARE HAPPY.
IN THE BANKING, MEDICAL AND OTHER SECTORS, PEOPLE ALSO GET DIVORCED.
IF ONE GOES TO COURT, ONE WILL FIND THAT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE GET DIVORCED EVERY DAY.”
