AGN’s Drug Abuse Allegation Against Actor
The leadership of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), during the week suspended (indefinitely) one of its members, popular actor, Jerry Williams, on an allegation of substance abuse.
In a terse statement signed by the guild’s president Emeka Rollas, Williams was accused of drug abuse and violent actions on movie sets most times, a development that the association said has become a threat to fellow actors.
All efforts by the guild, according to the statement, for Williams to get proper medical care have proved abortive, as he routinely fails to complete his rehabilitation process.
That was a strong one coming from the guild against one of its stars. Williams is a young, talented actor with a very commanding voice and style. How Rollas and the AGN came to the conclusion that Williams was indeed abusing a drug beats T4T. Dem be Doctors? His perceived erratic behaviour may be caused by something else, but then, what does T4T know? By the way, how much the actor get wey im fit take fund a drug habit?
T4T is wishing Jerry Williams ‘soonest recover’ from whatever is making his star to dim that necessitated the indefinite suspension.
Who Wants Foluke Daramola Dead?
T4T came across the subtle SOS message by veteran female actor, Foluke Daramola about an self-entitled stranger who sent her a threatening WhatsApp message.
The man, according to the actor, named Emmanuel Ajibade, wrote: “Folluke Daramola, oloriburuku smelling ni e … Werey atoroje lowo Olowo and you can’t help. All you do is eye service on social media. Foolish yeyebrity. You will see your ending, that you won’t end well.”
He did not end there: “Note today’s date. My name is Emmanuel Ajibade Coate (sic) me.”
Daramola then asked her fans what she should do to the stalker. “Good morning everyone someone sent me this on my WhatsApp pls advice me on what to do to the person pls ???”. (The actress should work on her punctuation marks usage sha).
“Thank God he sent me his picture himself. I no get too much talk with him I know what to do,” Daramola concluded.
T4T has this to say: Dear madam Daramola, if you knew what to do, why did you rush to Instagram to ask the public? Oh, you first wanted to use the situation to chase clout before doing that thing you claimed you knew. What you should have done first, was to report the matter to the police and let the police get the person arrested before going public. This is how some of you bungle police investigations because you first want to trend with every matter.
Awon Aladun De …Comedy Or Advertisement Sitcom?
THERE is this Yoruba family comedy sitcom that airs on DSTV daily. Aside the fact that over the years, almost all the characters from Dr. Adun, Jumoke and Folashade have been changed or dropped (only Junior is left in the original four), it has now turned into a 30 minutes advertisement of a particular homes and properties company.
Daily, conversation in the sitcom is centred around this company that has some properties to sell to the public. The most annoying part is that staff members of the company are brought into some episodes to pretend to be marketing properties to the Adun family, but indirectly, they are talking to the viewers. Every minute of the 30 minutes is now woven around properties up for sale and the bonanza the company is offering currently. Consequently, viewers no longer enjoy the comedy that Awon Aladun De used to serve. In fact, there is no more comedy but advertisement of plots of land.
There is nothing wrong in using a movie or sitcom to advertise a brand or product, but it is often done in a subtle manner with the same objective achieved, but not for the producers of Awon Aladun De. T4T now wonders why the properties company nor kuku dey place ads during the three commercial breaks interval instead of this childish and unprofessional way of trying to promote its brand and services.
Verdict: Awon Aladun De is dead! What DSTV airs now is a 30-minute advertisement of lands and properties, so boring and nonsensical!
