Monicaville:
Nollywood actress Rachel Owaika Lawani has denied the allegations that female actors in the industry are involved in prostitution to make ends meet. Reacting to the common allegations, particularly one made by a Nigerian evangelist on Facebook, Victor Edet sometimes back, who claimed that 48 out of 50 actresses in Nigeria are into prostitution.

Rachel in an exclusive interview with our correspondent, said that the evangelist's statement was baseless, false and defamatory. She said that she and many other actresses work hard to earn their income from acting couple with other legitimate businesses.

"Nollywood actresses are not prostitutes. We are professionals who are passionate about our craft and we deserve respect and recognition for what we do. The evangelist is just trying to tarnish our image and reputation with his lies," she said.

She also blamed some of her colleagues habit of painting the job as a very lucrative one, for the reason people who know better, often question their source of income. She said that any actress who tells you they make money solely from acting is just telling lies. She said that the movie industry in Nigeria is just a platform to get exposure and use the exposure for more opportunities in business.

"I am not going to subscribe to the notion that because there is no much money in acting, then actresses are selling their bodies, but sincerely there are a lot of us who are into one genuine business or another. Therefore some of our colleagues should stop deceiving young girls coming in that the industry is an avenue to blow up financially," she said.

Rachel said that the actors should learn to talk about the challenges in the industry so that they don't give the incoming ones a false hope, but they should be encouraging them to have an alternative source of income. She however hope that one day, the industry will grow to be one that most practitioners will be able to rely upon as their only source of income.

donbachi:
Na who no come dem dey do

chris20000:
G

IamdbuII:
Dbull on this one!

tiamiyukunle69:
Examples of such side jobs please?

monsuru56:
Dey play.... just dey play

odenkirk:
do u know the sender?

Guyman01:
They are not into prostitution just that men offer them the kind of money they can't resist to sleep with them.
I have a friend who feels so proud that he slept with a popular actress and whenever I see her on TV I just remember that my friend don sample her Kpekus.

The female actresses are living large more than the male because they are fantasies for a lot of men who will pay big to have them if they hit big money

monsuru56:
nah

donbachi:
Na who no come dem dey do

chris20000:
Well with a large number of fan base you don't have to sleep around to make money.

In this day and age of social media if you are struggling financially as a celebrity na you do yourself.

Go to TikTok, Facebook Instagram and other social media platform even people that are not Celebrities are also catching out.

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odenkirk:
he is a scammer its a new format in town

sherylbaky:
Don't be deceived bro, they do big time hookup ooo, some of us behind the scenes know the way too but home training and personality would not just allow us join them.

I know one first class hookup agent wey be say u must pay her girls 4 - 500k for one weekend fun, some even pay for their tickets and take them to different countries despite the pay (they call it "escort" ). A night goes for 200k or a bit more.

No kidding, do the calculation even if u do something like that just 8 to 10 times a year. Some rich wealthy dudes lavish money on such. I did not believe things like this actually happen too untill I get first class receipts. Reason I hardly doubt when rumour comes out that some of these guys are gay, cos gays, lesbians and bisexuals get more pay.

Where do u think someone like Bobrisky get his/her money?

See ehn this world don spoil finish

accordadoga26:
Hmmm..

We know this already now.

Featuring in three movie scenes cannot buy them houses in Lekki and Ikoyi.

All of them are kpomo sellers.