Renowned Yoruba actress Adekemi Taofeek has opened up about one of the incidents that led her to stop making movies. She also shared her experience of being disrespected by a director who invited her to a cinema.
During an interview on Kunleafod TV’s official YouTube channel, she revealed that she decided to quit filmmaking after a director told her she was no longer relevant following her marriage and the birth of her child.
In her statement, she said, “I was invited to a movie location by a movie director, and when I got there, so many things happened that I felt so disrespected. When I got there, the movie director started saying that he wanted another actress over me simply because I got married and gave birth, and I took a break for 2 years.
I stayed in the hotel till 3 a.m., but I wasn’t allowed to partake in any movie, and I brought my child to the hotel as well. I used to call the same movie director for jobs, and I felt so bad because I was asked to check out from the hostel on the following day. I stopped acting movies when a movie director said I’m no longer relevant in movies.”