Popular Nollywood actress, Moji Afolayan has revealed her experiences with movie marketers, claiming many of them demand for sex before offering roles to artists.
She made this known on Oyinmomo TV, where she was invited as a guest. She explained that marketers offer money to producers, thereby increasing the demands for roles in the industry.
Afolayan explained that she did not yield to them and she was denied roles to act in movies, notwithstanding being a daughter of a popular producer, Adeyemi Josiah Afolayan, who was also known as Ade Love. She revealed that her decision was as a result of her home training on chastity.
“This is because, at that time, when we had marketers at Idumota, they used to give producers money to work,” Afolayan said.
“However, due to the kind of training I received at home, I cannot trade my body for movies. My husband, who married me, has not even done anything. You will notice that I am trying to speak in proverbs.
“Because I did not do it, they held a meeting among themselves not to call me. I did not sleep with them. I did not offer my body for sex.”
Afolayan said she came for the programme to reveal the secrets of marketers who demand for sex before offering artists roles. She was certain that many of them would be seeing her on the TV and hear what she experienced when she was trying to break into the industry.
“They are all watching this programme. People who are doing it are doing it. Many of them will have their husbands outside while the wives will be with them inside. I am exposing their secrets now,” She continued.
“They would tell me, ‘is it only my husband?’ I was like is it because you want to help. Then you would have to hold on to your help.
“I thank God I stood with my dignity. That is what I am enjoying today. I held on to my virginity.I stand out among them now. I have only received mercy. They made them stars. Their posters were all around.
“But when they tried to stand alone, there was a great fight, which was bound to happen in that kind of relationship. I did not inform my husband at the time.It was because I did not offer myself for sex that they denied me movie roles.”
The movie star explained that she was not the only person who found herself in a situation where a demand was made for sex, she revealed the experience of a fellow artist, who was not as firm as her in her decision.
“I was not the only person they did it to. There was one person who was late now, took her job to a marketer there at Arena, but it was turned down,” she added.
“The lady at the time told me to continue with my nobility. She narrated how the marketer told her how he had slept with in the industry.”
Afolayan revealed that her decision cost her many things, including popularity and drastically affected her finance.
“They now know how it feels. They have made us social media-friendly. They have pushed us to put movies on YouTube. It affected me in terms of income and fame. I cherish my body more than anything. Even my husband knows.”
Afolayan has acted in movies, including
Arinjo and Anikulapo among many others. She won an award in 2021 for her contribution to the Nollywood industry.
