Veteran Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has once again addressed the long-standing rumours suggesting tension between her and fellow screen legend, Genevieve Nnaji, insisting the narrative was largely exaggerated.
For years, fans have speculated that both actresses were secretly at odds, a belief that gained momentum at the height of their careers. However, Omotola has maintained that there was never any personal conflict between them.
During an interview on Yanga FM, the actress explained that being colleagues does not automatically mean being close friends. In her words, “people don’t need to be best friends.”
She accused fans of creating an imagined rivalry, saying, “Na them start the quarrel before we know say we dey quarrel. So, we have to catch up with the quarrel. There was no quarrel.”
When the interviewer asked, “Was there anything like say una been quarrel wey lasted for twenty years before EJ movie?” Omotola responded by stressing that communication between them never broke down.
“People don’t need to be best friends, but we talked. Like behind film, we dey talk normally,” she said.
Drawing parallels with the music industry, Omotola noted that the same pattern of rivalry narratives has been repeated over the years. “You know the same thing that they do with all these music stars, na we dem take start all those things that time. Na we be the practice that time. You know all this Wizkid, Davido now that they have taken to different level, na we be the first one now,” she explained.
She reiterated her earlier point, adding, “Really, na them start the quarrel before we know say we dey quarrel. So, we have to catch up with the quarrel. There was no quarrel.”
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Omotola also reflected on how competition within the industry can be misread. “We were young, everybody dey do her own thing now. You know how the industry is. You know, them go pitch you against this person, talk say na this one be the hottest girl, na that one be the hottest girl. So, those kind tension go dey normally, but people they read am as other things.”
Prompt News reports her remarks have once again put the spotlight on how fan-driven narratives can shape public perception, even when there is no real conflict behind the scenes.
