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    Gbenga Daniel & I - Bukky Wright

    Gbenga Daniel & I - Bukky Wright
    By FUNKE EGBEMODE, SAMUEL OLATUNJI & BOLATITO ADEBAYO

    She sauntered into the corporate headquarters of The Sun Newspapers with poise. You would be forgiven if you think she has never been a guest to the labour room or was a spinster beauty queen waiting for Mr Right. But in reality, star actress Bukky Wright is a mother of two. In this no-holds-barred
    interview, she speaks on life as a mother, the men she had been linked with as well as some of the scandals that have dogged her path.

    Secret of her fine figure
    Yes, I was fatter than this, but I decided to lose weight by watching what I eat and I do a lot of exercise. I do treadmill, brisk walking and tummy exercise. I exercise every morning for like an hour. Sometimes I go to the gym and sometimes in the house. I have a very conducive neighborhood where you could actually work out.

    Children
    I have two boys. My first boy is going to be 16 in September and the second is already 14. They are actually taller than me. I go out with them once in a while. The first time we appeared in public together was during the premiere of my movie, Omotara Johnson. They are the shy type, and I know I don't have privacy, so I don't want to force them to lose theirs. Let them lose it at their own time if they are wiling. They are in school in Lagos. My first son has finished already from Caleb International; my second son is still in Caleb, SS II. But my first son will be going to the U.S. for his university education. I know they are going to be with somebody that will be very responsible and reliable, and I go there often. I think I stay in the U.S. more than I stay in Nigeria these days.

    What she does in the US
    I do business. I am planning to open a shop here. Now I have a label. The Bukky Wright label. That is what I am wearing actually. So I want it to really go round. I bring in my shirts from Italy and parts of Asia, but I would like to have the firm here. You know what that means. If you talk of any business in Nigeria, you have to put NEPA and power generation into consideration. In that case, I won't be selling at the price I'm selling, as I will have to run generator on diesel every day. So I won't be able to sell at an affordable price to the people because I don't want to make them for only the upper class. I want it to go round.

    Why this business?
    Well, I have always been a shirt lover; I like to look smart and trendy. So I have always thought of the money I spend on buying other people's labels, which at the same time are not so conducive for our weather in Nigeria. If you wear some of these shirts, before you say Jack Robinson, you will have the map of Africa under your armpit. The materials are not actually meant for Africa. So I thought why can't you look for something that is meant for Africa? I use the Egyptian cotton for my shirts. I am coming in with shirts made with Nigerian fabrics as well.

    They are actually on ground already. I am also working on my own products. I actually think it is time Nigerians stood up to do something. You know it is not just about just being Bukky Wright the actress. I have always told people that this name is a brand and the only way it can remain a brand is if it is attached to something that is not human. I am just a carrier of the name and I know that the name is larger than I, and the only way I can work round that name is tying it around something, like even when I stop acting today, the name still stays.

    Perceived threat to her career
    There can never be two Bukky Wrights; there will only be one. I am not afraid of anybody playing any role. It is just like you and I, we are two different people. We do things differently. So it is not possible for anybody to take my role except I tell you I am not free, please go look for somebody else.

    Younger actresses a threat?

    If you are talking about looking younger, even these days, I try to look on the older side because ordinarily if I had weaved my hair or something I know I look a lot younger. You will be shocked if you see me wear some things. I weigh 70kg; I added some weight. There was a time I was weighing like 60, so I can still go smaller than this if the pay is right.

    Dropping weight to play a role
    When I was shooting Dugbe Dugbe, I had to drop because of the role I wanted to play. I wanted to play the role of a Jambite. I won't play a Jambite and look like a mummy or a matron. I shoot the kind of movies that are not only sold in Nigeria. If I do that, what I am telling people outside Nigeria is that only mummies go to the university in Nigeria and it is what we dish out to them that they will grab. I have seen a child somewhere; I can't remember. I visited them and her mum told her that I was from Nigeria. I saw the look on her face like are you sure? And I was like what do you mean? I don't think anything this pretty should come out of Nigeria. I asked her, 'excuse me, you are a Nigerian?' She said no. I told myself we have not done a good job.

    At times I travel outside Nigeria and a lot of people look at my nails and say, this is pretty, where did you get that from? I tell them from Africa. And they say, where in Africa, Egypt? And I will tell them no, in Nigeria. Their response is always, you do things like this in Nigeria? And I say, yes we do.
    You know it is only recently that a lot of people started seeing our movies and the lovely houses. We don't live on trees, we don't walk on the streets naked, we wear lovely shoes, and they start to appreciate Nigeria. As you can see, a lot of African-Americans are beginning to come back home just because they can see it is a place they can call home. But if we keep dishing out junk to them, telling them that all we do is living on trees, then that is what they are going to believe. That is why in most of my movies, I want to showcase the African outfit like the Ankara. Even when I am outside the country, I wear that more. Now I make some of those ankara and take them abroad.

    How she got into acting?
    This actually happened over a decade ago. My friend, Shan George, happened to be a tenant in my ex-husband's house. So when I left when the marriage broke down, I went to see her and a journalist was with her working with Hints. Shan tried so hard to persuade me; I think that was before my marriage broke down. So after my marriage broke down, Shan kept telling me; Bukky do this thing now. And I met that guy, Sanmi Okin, who told Shan, 'let your friend model for us now.' Shan told him she had been begging me but I refused. That was basically how it started.

    Somehow, Sanmi helped me. He was like, 'won't you act some day? You will look good on camera' and stuffs like that. I said okay, why not? Sanmi then told me he had this friend he would want me to meet. So I was taken to see the Fidelis Duker and that time, Fidelis was working on a soap opera, Images. Fidelis said 'Oh! She has a pretty face, let's see her' and he gave me the script. I read the script, digested it and they called me for auditioning. After the audition they asked where I've been all this while. That was how I got the role and to the glory of God, that was how I started. Funny enough I studied Economics at the University of Lagos.

    Work experience
    I tried to work in a bank, but for some reasons, I had to stop. And it was just funny. I believe if you have been destined to do something, you will always get round to doing it. I have always thought I would be a banker or work in an oil company or something. I really wanted to work. But then, my former husband opened a fashion house for me in our compound. Maybe that was how I got this fashion conscious. My mum too was a model. My mum actually modeled in the first Suzuki motorcycle advert. She was in hot pants. When I saw the calendar then, I was shocked! She was in the Nigerian Air Force.

    First pay in Nollywood
    How much was I paid? I can't remember. It would have been something very small. I think it was about N18, 000 or something like that. It was that Fidelis Duker film
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    Marriage break down
    Well, I always tell people that I don't live in the past and I don't always cry over spilled milk. I just believe that it wasn't meant to be because if I had stayed in that marriage, Nigeria probably wouldn't have known Bukky Wright today because nothing would have brought me to the industry. So I believe it is something giving way for something. If that is the way God wants it, then there is nothing I can do about it.

    Lessons she learnt from marriage
    I would only tell everybody to please themselves first because you come first before anybody. If you are falling in love, fall in love with your eyes wide opened. If possible, go with lantern and a pair of glasses. Get your halogen lamp to make sure you are seeing whom you are with.

    Marriage too early
    Well I won't call it early. I won't call twenty-one twenty-two too early, but I just believe it wasn't meant to be.

    Why Yoruba movies
    I will say I produce Yoruba movies for a reason. I am a Yoruba person and I am so proud to be of that tribe. I am proud to be a Nigerian. English is not my language and there are lots of things that are better expressed in one's original language. It doesn't matter, I do have English role. I want my language to be able to compete with any language anywhere and the only way we can have the right thing is if you as a Yoruba person do Yoruba movies, nobody can beat you at your game.

    Yoruba actresses not successful in the English genre?
    Unfortunately I can't be benched as a Yoruba actress. It is just impossible because I actually started from the English genre and they still see me do English. Because I produce Yoruba movies doesn't mean I don't do well in the English genre and I believe if you are good you are good, you can't be benched anywhere.

    Her children going into acting?
    My second son wants to go into acting. My first son likes entertainment. He recorded a song with his friends recently, he just called to ask me when could go to the studio. I was wondering what he would be doing in the studio. The day I saw him dancing was when I realised I had been living with a Michel Jackson in the house. The way he break danced etc. So, when he told me that he wanted to go to studio, I asked him do you know my studio costs a lot of money? You won't go there and be doing your mumbling. He said no mum, just give us a session or two. And by the time they came back with their CD, I couldn't believe it. He does pure sciences. He wants to be a heart surgeon. He also wants to be a footballer. I said how do you want to combine all these things? He said mum never mind, I can combine it.

    Mum and dad's reaction on her first movie
    Funny enough, my dad and my mum gave me all the encouragements that I needed. That day, my dad decided to take me to Tunde Kelani of Mainframe. Tunde Kelani (TK) and my uncle are partners and I think my dad had something to do with them. When I spoke with TK on the phone, I overhead him saying telling people: "Omo Baba Wright n bo" oloyinbo ma ni won ni le won (Baba Wright's daughter is coming to act, but they all speak English) They all know my dad in TK's office and they felt we are these English speaking people and he wondered how I was going to do it. They wanted to hear what I would say. I was given the script and I think they were all apprehensive.

    So when I read the script and time for audition came, TK called me in for auditioning. After the auditioning, he announced to everybody there: "This is the long awaited Tinuola of Saworoide." So that was how I got the role. TK kept wondering how I managed to speak Yoruba that way. Actually, it is so funny really because we had this house girl, Auntie Abeni and Memuna. She is from Saki, so I was always mimicking her. It was like I was watching a movie so I would just go out of my way to look for her trouble so that she would talk. So I would go upstairs to my dad's room and speak in Memuna's dialect to my dad. And my dad would be wondering where I picked the language from.

    That was how it started when I came into the industry. Oga Bello saw me on Fidelis' set and he asked me to come and act in Yoruba movie. My Yoruba was horrible then. So anytime I got on their set, I would just sit down and be watching everybody, actually watching their mouth. It was so funny and suddenly, I would remember Memuna and the way she was always talking with Auntie Abeni. And when the script came, I would just do the Memuna thing.
    Prof. Akinwunmi Ishola saw me and said I was an Ajebota because of my looks. But TK was always persuading him that I would deliver. So when it was rehearsal time, I was the cynosure for Dr. Larinde Akinleye (may his soul rest in perfect peace), Baba Faleti and all of them. It is like I dazed them and by the time we finished on location, Prof was so happy that he gave me a gift. You know he was so happy.

    Closer to dad than mum
    At the beginning, it was my mum. After some time, it was my dad at some later stage, it was my mum but I loved my dad. I don't know. But I think I love my dad. They are both late. I am actually an orphan now. Maybe I should be adopted by President Obama, (Laughter) or probably Fashola because I would like to be adopted by good people. My dad was a fantastic father. My mum too was actually wonderful. It is funny I came from the two backgrounds of Islam and Christianity. He was a wonderful person. He is the best father anybody can have.

    Fondest memories of dad
    My dad won't tell you, you are crazy or something? I remember the first time my dad said "ori e fa ya ni?" (has your head scattered?). If my dad should say ori e fa ya ni, just know that you have done something very terrible. So I remember the first day he saw me on the TV and he called to tell me he wanted me in the house right away. ? I had thought I was in serious trouble. But when I got to my dad's place, he gave me a pleasant surprise. He told me 'Bukola do you know that was a beautiful one?' That was the day he spoke to TK on my behalf. He was a businessman. He was also a chartered secretary.

    Growing up
    Growing up was fantastic! I come from a polygamous home. At first, I lived with my mum, because my mum was not living with us. After some time, I went to my dad's place and he made sure that all his children were always together. Of course, he brought us up in the Christian way. But I had a Moslem background from childhood. My mum was a Moslem while my dad was a Christian. From my childhood till when I was about ten before I moved to my father's place and when I moved to my Dad's place, I had to start going to Ayo Ni. I also had a Christian background and that has helped me a lot in life. I am a Moslem. When my mum was going to die, she appealed me that no matter what I do I should make sure I remember Allah. I have a Moslem name and funny enough, my maternal grandma was a Moslem as well. So she said in anything you do, make sure you remember Allah. I like the religion.

    Kids' religion
    My kids are Christians. I feel more comfortable being a Moslem.

    How she received news of father's death
    I was actually at Cotonou. I was shooting Abeni, when he passed on. Funny enough, I spoke with him, came back to Lagos to see him and we went back for the part two shoot, it was during the part two shoot that we had a break. When I came home, I was in my office when my sister called me that Daddy was gone. He was not really ill. But he was asthmatic. I knew my mum won't stay long after that. Though they were separated, a lot of people didn't know. That was my fear. It is funny, till my father's last breath, two of them were still talking.

    Parents' separation
    Well, I think they knew why they were separated. But they were close. When I heard my dad was dead, I knew my mum was not going to stay long. It wasn't up to two years when my dad died that my mother passed on. She was always talking about him. I was my mum's only child for my father. She later remarried and had three other siblings. I was her only girl.

    Paternity dispute
    I don't know where the story came from. It was so funny. And I remember my dad read it and Biodun Kupoluyi called me that he wanted to clear it. So I called my dad and I was weeping, my dad said, Bukola, stop crying. I know why you are crying. I said daddy you don't know, they said I am a bastard. My dad asked whether he had ever disowned me for once? I think I took Biodun to my dad to probably speak to him. If you see my dad you don't need anybody to tell you this is Bukky Wright's dad. Even with my other siblings, you need anybody to tell you.

    Advice I gave Faithia balogun
    Unfortunately if she were to go with the advice I gave her, she wouldn't have packed out. It is so funny because the advice was blunt enough. I told her there is nothing outside there.

    Godmother of single actresses in Nollywood?
    Unfortunately I am not. I should not be seen in that light. Some people in the industry mingle around me and I tell them the truth. I am just the kind of person that tells you the truth. A lot of them are not even close to me because they know I will say it the way it is. The godmother depends on the perspective from which you are looking at it. I mentor a lot of them. It is funny though, and I am a very private person outside my job. I am not the kind of person that goes visiting or people coming to visit that is why I have always had an office even when I need to work or say something about my job. I prefer you coming to my office than coming to my house because I want to have a little bit of privacy.

    So I don't know where that came from. A lot of them came into the industry through me. If you want to come into the industry, let nobody tell you that the industry is not good, or there is no money. Let me tell them the good part of it and the one that you think is not. As with every profession, you have the good, the bad and the ugly sides. I try to tell them the three parts also encourage them to come in and do the right thing. If you ask Funke Akindele today and a lot of young ones like that who their mentor is, they will tell you it is Bukky Wright. I have other people I see as role models.

    Role models in Nollywood
    I have Joke Silva, Tunde Kelani, Tunji Bamishigbin, Antar Laniyan and a lot of them. I have Ene Oloja that is my very first. If anybody would show me where Eni Oloja is today I will be very happy. That is to show you how much

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    I dont like the way she does her mouth....

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    I dont like the way she does her mouth....
    i didn't notice anything with her mouth....... Ok the next time i will try and observe
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    My mum too was a model. My mum actually modeled in the first Suzuki motorcycle advert. She was in hot pants. When I saw the calendar then, I was shocked!
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    i love bukky though........she's always a delight to see on the screen, even if the movie is crappy, as long as it has bukky in it, it kinda balances it for me.

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    there's norrin in the article that talks about Gbenga Daniel...

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    there's norrin in the article that talks about gbenga daniel...

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    What the hell has Gbenga Daniel has to do with this article.
    Whatever a man can do better than a woman is overdone!!!

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    What the hell has Gbenga Daniel has to do with this article.

    You can say that again. I asked myself the same question.
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    I just love her ways..... I don't care attitude is kinda the best to adopt.

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    Why Nollywood marriages crash - Bukky Wright

    By SAMUEL OLATUNJI
    Sunday, August 30, 2009


    Bukky Wright was right on spot when she paid courtesy visit to The Sun Newspapers headquarteron love and acting. as always she was frank and unpretencious with each of the question.

    Tell us one, what about the lesbian one?
    Well on the lesbian one, I told them no problem if they believed I was a lesbian. I remember then that I said it that I wished the writer was a lady so that I could give her husband the chance and see if that man will go back to her. Seriously it is crazy. Now they say I am in love again with Donald Obaseki that I don’t even know. The other one was when they said that Governor Gbenga Daniel battered his wife because of me.

    Can you imagine? Over time, I don’t let things like that bother me because I have always said that life is a race and if you want to win a race, you don’t mind opposition. So if you want to succeed in life, don’t let side talks bother you. It no longer bothers my chil- dren because they are grown up. They know me better. Just like the day my son came back from school and he told me that his friends told him that I was broke. This was around the time I actually bought two cars in one day. So, when his friends told him I was broke, my son said he told them I had just bought two new cars. Can you imagine? It is better for your family to know you. That is why when I am not on location, when I am not working, I spend more time with my children. That is why I am more of a private person, even their friends are always surprised that I am simple and friend- ly. We dance Alanta together, do dancing competition and I feel like throwing a party, we just call a few friends, cook food, after which I could visit the motherless babies. I like visiting the less privileged. Those are the things I do rather going to parties.

    Was there anyway your being a star has affected your children negatively?
    I have never regretted being a star for once. But there are times when I went go to pick my children from school and their friends will be asking them; ‘So you are Bukky Wright’s son?’And they will say mummy please don’t come and pick us again. You can’t even get to go and pick your children in school. There are days people would talk to me anyhow in their presence and they would be defending me. Inside me I would be thinking, oh I sold my respect. I traded it for stardom.

    Has bad press affected them?
    Yes, especially that lesbianism thing, because they knew the girl in question.

    So what did they do?
    Did they ask you if the story was true? They were just wondering why the fuss. The girl happens to be like my adopted daughter. She was living with me. She is married now with two children. She was like a big sister that my children never had. So when they heard the story, they were disgusted.

    What did they think you should have done?
    Funny enough, my second son reads the Bible. He is like a pastor, he will just be preaching to you. The two of them advised that I should not let it bother me. Even the girl in question was both- ered. She told my sons that she knew Mummy was feeling bad about the story. (She calls me mummy). She said she overheard that she I want- ed to send me her away and she wondered why?

    What are the things you miss outside of marriage?
    What did I miss? I have always been a person that wants a home; me, my husband and my kids. Those are the things I have always wanted. I have always wanted a perfect wedding.

    Why did you think it never happened, your errors, or your man’s errors?
    Hmm. I just believe God did that for a purpose because prob- ably I have been making wrong choices and he has something better for me. Are you thinking of going into another marriage? Am I thinking of going into another marriage? I’ve thought about it.

    Is there a new guy around that we don’t know?
    No comment.

    You know you are well put together, you are beautiful, you are hardworking, and don’t you get pressure from governors or highly placed people?
    Well I thank God because if you are not being pressurized, that means you are not beautiful and you are not hardworking, because I don’t think anybody wants to go for a liability.

    How would you describe Nigerian men based on the experience of your two marriages?
    Nigerian men? They are wonderful people.

    (General laughter) There is nothing like all men are dogs?
    Wonderful people because even if I decide to marry today, I don’t intend to marry a white man. And I believe there is a won- derful man out there for a wonderful woman.

    Could you give ten tips for a woman about to get married?
    First, you should be tolerant. Before being lovers, you should be friends. You should be loving and loving of course, is nice forgiving enduring, but like I said, fall in love with your eyes wide opened. It does- n’t have to be because of money but you guys should at least have a bal- ance.

    She shouldn’t be richer?
    No, even if you are, you can be richer than your husband but you know that your husband is hardwork- ing and has prospects. You can’t say you are rich and marry a lazy man that will just squander your money or does not know how to work for money. It doesn’t mean because the man is not rich, he doesn’t know how to work for money, fingers are not equal. Above all things, look for a God-fearing man because if a man fears God, he would fear you as a human being. He should be a very accommodating per- son. Take his friends as yours and encour- a g e them to come to your house and be accommodating yourself.

    Apart from every other thing, you should be homely because if you are a kind of person that always wants to be on the street, you don’t ever see anything that will want to make you go back home, it is not a good quality for a woman, that is why you should make your house as comfortable as possible so something drives you back home. You should also have the spirit of togetherness. And one thing, don’t separate your rooms. Make sure you have one room so even if something happens, you will still sleep together in that room and somehow you still get to talk about it. And you’d get to fin- ish it. Don’t sleep over quarrel.

    Why do you think Nollywood marriages crash? Is it because men can’t stand stars?
    One thing that I’ve noticed again is that a lot of Nigerian men are not confident enough to marry successful women. Success doesn’t have to do with wealth. Most Nigerian men are not con- fident enough because if you are so confident you will believe that no one will take your wife away from you.

    Is it true that most actresses are unfaithful to their partners?
    I don’t believe that. Are you telling me that journalists are not faithful to their husbands?

    I think it is an individual thing.
    Exactly! I want you to answer that question yourself that is why I asked you. It is just an individual thing. It is just the fact that we are out there in the public. Are marriages between lawyers not breaking? What about doctors and nurses?...

    (Cuts in) ...But it is faster in Nollywood.
    That is not true because these are the people you see, that you hear every day. So that is why you think so. Just like when they say too many artists are dying but because almost everybody knows almost all the artists. Do you get it? Everybody in Nigeria knows them, so if anything happens to any one today, they know. But a doctor that is living even next door you don’t know.

    They said people in Showbiz don’t take care of their health; you guys just work until you break down on set.
    Are you telling me that you have not heard of a doctor that died in the hospital taking care of other people? So what are we talk- ing about? It is just an individual thing. Are you trying to tell me that no journalist has been heard die on the job?

    No don’t come to our own area.
    (Laughing) Why not?

    There was a time it was happening; now it is no more hap- pening because we were not conscious we are all now conscious of the fact that we were not all taking care of ourselves. We were not; we were having editors dying in their offices.
    I know it is just an individual thing. Yes, but it is just an indi- vidual thing. We don’t know how many people are born today and we don’t know how many people have died today because we are the mail that travels faster than we the carriers of the mail. We thank God they are not saying the young ones are dying again like they were alleging that they were being used for rituals or whatever. I just know that whatever it is, it is not my portion.

    Can you act nude?
    No!

    N10 million, N20 million?
    No, not even for $1 billion. But it doesn’t mean someone else can’t do it. Just like I said, it is an individual thing. I may not have the guts, but somebody else might have it. If that is the role that has to be played for people to know what they are talking about, so be it.

    Omotola said people’s body moves if playing romantic roles. Have you had it to that physical point with a male hugging, kissing on set?
    I don’t even feel it because before I even go on that stage, I know what I am going to do. So it is a pre-meditated thing because you have read the script. Except you have some- thing else in your mind. So I don’t. It is funny I might work on set with some people and don’t see them until we meet on another set.

    So what your the highest fee?
    My highest fee is millions, my lowest fee is thousands.

    Which set is this?
    You know it is dangerous in Nigeria to disclose such thing. So you want to act for the rest of your life or there is a retirement plan? Really, I don’t intend to retire until I am tired.

    So there is no retirement plan? What do you spend your money on, considering that you won’t always be able to have this beautiful face? What are you investing in for the raining days?
    That is why I am tying my money down on other businesses. You know about a salon in my beauty line and I have a studio.

    Are you into sports?
    Yeah.

    So what will be your advice for young actresses coming up?
    There seems to be too many people coming to act these days. What is it that they will need to have? They should have the ability to diversify and the ability to stay focused. They don’t have to come into the industry because their friend is into acting. You don’t have to come into the industry because you want to be known. You don’t have to come into the industry because you want to go travel out. No, that is when you won’t do it the proper way and that is why you would wither away because you have a motive for coming into the industry not for the love of it. But if you so much love the industry and you really love what you do, against all odds, you would stand out.

    What about the sex for role thing?
    Just like I said, things like this depend on the individual. Adoc- tor can ask a nurse out, if that is not your motive or your intention in the industry because I believe if a man sleeps with you today and lets you play a major role, that means for you to act in every movie, they have to sleep with you because that means you are not sure of what you have. You are not good enough. But if you are good, you meet more producers, your job will always speak for you and you will always get good jobs. And I would always tell people when they say they’ve not been seeing me in many movies these days, I tell them I can’t just be acting.

    They said it is because of you that they are buying.
    I was coming to that, if you feel you want a Bukky Wright and you can afford to pay her, she would be on your set. And for you to want to pay Bukky Wright such huge amount of money, you should know the kind of script you have, you should know the kind of people you want to have in your movie and you should have a projection for that movie, because you won’t just want to spend money on that movie and throw it in the garbage.

    So how much is it going to cost me to put you in my movie?
    The only compromise I would have is when I read a script and I can’t drop it. I have a script here. It is written by Mamod Ali Balogun. These are the kind of movies I want to do. I don’t take a script because I want to be everywhere. I don’t just take a movie because I want to take so and so amount of money. I have a name to protect. Bukky Wright is brand that needs to be well kept and preserved.

    So there are certain scripts you won’t touch?
    No no!

    Not for any amount?
    Not for any amount. There are lots of scripts that I even hike my price for it because I know they cannot pay and I want them to go because I don’t want to do it.

    Someone said you should not have fallen in love with someone like Bolaji Basia?
    It is my past and I don’t want to go back to it. But I will just tell anybody that wants to fall in love, they should fall in love with their eyes wide opened with a pair of glasses

    Okay, who is your ideal man?
    My ideal man should be gentle, hardwork- ing, honest, God-fearing loving kind and hum- ble

    Not a womanizer?
    Of course not!
    But Nigerian men do something on the other outside
    Well it doesn’t mean he won’t, as long as I don’t see, I don’t want to know.

    If you see it, what will happen?
    I don’t know. If he must do it, he should keep it away from at least that gives me a lot of respect.

    Are you going to try and be a mother again?
    I don’t know about that. But I think age is not really on my side




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    How the bumboclaat do you start an interview like this?
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