They say, a golden fish has no hiding
place. This is a mantra most celebrities
have found out the very hard way. At one
time or the other, most celebrities,
especially those in the make-believe
world, have had to grapple with one
scandal or the other.
While not all scandals about them are true,
some scandals are actually courted
inadvertently or deliberately by the stars
for reasons best known to them.
But do scandals, make or mar, stars?
This is a question that would continue to
attract diverse answers but the reality on
ground is that different scandals affect
different stars differently. Just as different
stars would react differently to different
scandals.
Here, are some scandals some Nollywood
stars found either distasteful, unbelievable,
or false.

Fasting for a man? I felt like going
crazy
Ebube Nwagbo
Even though Ebube Nwagbo has told
people times without number that she is
just the girl next door, people have not
ceased to see her as a trouble-maker,
controversial and anything but the girl next
door. She is probably the most scandalised
Nollywood actress, but that doesn’t seem
to have taken anything off the ‘Smile
Again’ producer, who is rising in the trade
day after day.
Beautiful, sexy and curvaceous, Ebube has
seen it all as far as scandals are
concerned. The most recent is the story
that she moved in with her old flame, the
Limpopo crooner, Kcee. She was also said
to have gotten in a fight with another
actress, Anita Joseph,whom she claimed
she had never met as at then. But the one
that hit the base with her was the story
that she went to church, praying and
fasting for a man to marry.
“Sometimes when I hear and read things
about me, I feel like going crazy. But I
have learnt to always put on a smile and
take them with a pinch of salt. It is not
easy for people to appreciate you and
admire what you do. Take for instance, the
story of how I went to church to pray and
fast because of a man. I was born into a
very strict Christian home, those who know
me can attest to this. So I was brought up
to go to church and do the things of God. I
went to church on a Sunday, like every
other person, and offered to do something
for God. But some people blew it up into a
silly story. It is a thing of the past now
and it has not stopped me from helping or
giving to the church or to the needy” she
said, concerning the scandal.

Dating the Senate President:
I don’t know David Mark personally
—Chika Ike
Long before now, it was as if Chika Ike
were immuned to controversies and
scandals because of her status as a
married woman. No sooner had her
marriage gone up in flames than messy
stories began to emerge about her.
She got married early at the age of 20
and had a long spell of scandal-free life
until she dumped her husband and started
seeing the other side of life. The first nasty
story that crept up to haunt her was her
dating the Senate President, David Mark.
The story alleged the Senate President
even bought her a car and got an Abuja
shop for her.
“I made this particular issue clear in
several interviews. I don’t know David
Mark personally. I only know him as the
Senate President. David Mark did not buy
me a car, neither did he help me with my
shop in Abuja. All I’m thinking about right
now is my divorce as I am officially
separated”, Chika Ike said at the time.
But she is beginning to learn that
marriage has certain privileges as more
and more nasty stories are coming her
way. But Chika seems to be well oiled to
ride this new development in her life.
“Honestly, I have learnt to cope with them.
I have developed a rhino skin. Initially,
they used to get to me but now I’ve
realized it comes with the job and part of
growing up”, she said.

Abortion saga:I still curse the person
till tomorrow
—Uche Jombo
A-list Nollywood star, Uche Jombo isn’t
exactly known for controversies or blowing
her top over issues. It seems the beautiful,
prolific movie maker is too busy making
movies, her 14th now, to be concerned
with wallowing in little waters of gossips
and rumours.
But recently, a scandal emerged out of
nowhere that she aborted a six-month-
old pregnancy and it got the ‘Damaged’
superstar so infuriated, she said she could
have had the head of the reporter, who,
according to her, fabricated the story.
“You know how emotional I am. I have
cried for smaller things but this one, I still
curse the person, till tomorrow. It will only
take God for me to see the person and not
harm him”
“For me, that was my biggest scandal
ever. It was really damaging and I won’t
stop fighting till I get justice”, said the
soon-to-be mother.
She continued: “Well, I went to court with
the soft-sell magazine, for writing what I
have come to consider the worst media
story in my entire life and career, which
was completely false and malicious. During
the world premiere of my second movie,
Holding Hope , I lost so much weight
deliberately based on my character, in the
movie, as a cancer patient only for this
paper to write on their front page that I
aborted a pregnancy at six months, hence
the loss of weight,” she recollects with
tears in her eyes.

Sex tape ISSUE: I was alarmed at the
speed the story spread
— Lydia Forson
Buxom Ghanaian actress, writer and
producer, Lydia Forson, who was the first
Ghanaian winner of the prestigious African
Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in
a Leading Role in 2010 has kept her name
off any form of controversy for a while.
But she still has a painful recollection of
one that nearly tore her world apart.
“It was a sex scandal, I have never
spoken about it on any platform. It
happened years ago. It revolved around a
non- existent sex tape, which never was.
The first time, I read about the story I
actually laughed because it was a very
funny story. But it was no longer funny
when it got to the hearing of my family.
My father, a reverend, suffered, his faith
and health was shaken to the roots. I was
alarmed at the speed the story spread
and it got to a point where some of my
fans and most Ghanaians vowed to throw
stones at me” she recounted.
“Some days I read some stuffs about
myself in the newspapers, and I feel like
crying. Sometimes, I would ask myself
what I could do to avert such negative
publicity. I can’t attack everybody that
writes negative stories about me. I think,
it’s part of the occupational hazards on
the job” she observed.

Boobs enhancement sTORY:I have
always been myself- Yonne Jegede
Ebony beauty and sexy Yvonne
Jegede, who rode to fame after her
cameo appearance in Tuface Idibia’s
African Queen, is a woman blessed
with mammary many women would
do anything to have. After her long
absence from the entertainment
world occasioned by a need to get a
degree in Cyprus, the sexy-lip
actress decided to announce her
return by posting some luscious
photos of herself on the Internet.
Instead of her desired reaction of
great welcome, what she got in
return was a response that soon
developed into a scandal. Pronto, the
story was everywhere that she had
done a breast enlargement surgery.
But Yvonne fired back: “My features
have always been the same from
time immemorial. The thing is a lot
of people have always seen me as
that naïve, vulnerable girl who likes
to cry a lot because those are the
kind of roles I used to get before I
left. The roles I got were roles I have
to be a nice girl in the village, a girl
who is begging to be loved, a girl
who has made a mistake and who
desperately wants to repent, a girl
who people will feel sorry for, a girl
who is from a poor home. So, I have
my own personal life. What you see
on TV has absolutely nothing to do
with me. I will not cry for a man and
grovel and be on the floor in tears”
She said she has always been herself
and never did any breast surgery.
“I’m very surprised people judge me
by my pictures. It was my birthday
so I just went to the studio, trying to
feel nice and I took pictures and that
is all me, no surgery or implant” she
added.

Posing nude scandal: It was shocking
to my parents — Halima Abubakar
Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, is not
one to take things lying down. She is one
actress that airs her opinions at every
opportunity without minding whose ox is
gored. Hate her or love her, Halima is
down-to-earth and she is probably one of
the nicest persons in the Nigerian showbiz.
Little wonder, the curvy actress has had
some controversies trailing her career but
she would tell you the most annoying one
to her is the one where she was alleged to
have posed nude during her modelling
days.
“I reiterated that I didn’t pose nude. I was
modelling and to some people, the pictures
were a little bit revealing and so they
made a huge celebration out of it. I am
glad everything has died down and people
have moved on” she said in her own
defence at the height of the brouhaha.
She said the scandal nearly destroyed her
career and shattered her family. “ A lot of
producers didn’t want to work with me.
They used to see me as a very decent
quiet girl. To see those pictures, it was
very shocking to them. It took me some
years to convince them that I can act very
well. I have built relationships again. It
was simply shocking to my parents. My
dad still does not like reading about me in
the papers. My mum knows I love what I
do so she advises me most times. Anyway,
they are okay now unlike when they read
those things years ago” she added.

No pics? wth
i wish all those scandals were true, except chika ike my nollywood crush

Akbee: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/nollywood-damsels-scandals-drove-mad/

You are suffering from frontpage disease.
You are also a learner that threads like this without pics is going to end up in the abyss!

Okiki_Oluwa:
You are suffering from frontpage disease.
You are also a learner that threads like this without pics is going to end up in the abyss!

thanks a million times...

Akbee:

frontpage disease!is dat the new epidemic in town?mr man,ur English teachers in high sxhool wl be ashamed of u if they come across this....u wan write big grammer shey?

Akbee: ...

Are you mad?