I Will Castrate Him!” Nollywood Star Uche Jombo on Infidelity – A Must Read

Listen up gents, Uche Jombo isn’t someone to mess with.

In a recent  interview with The Sun Newspaper, Uche is saying it like she means it when it comes to cheating.

While promoting her three latest productions (Misplaced, False and Lies Men Tell), the movie star was asked how she would react if her New York based business executive Kenny Rodriguez was a philanderer like Desmond Elliot‘s character in Lies Men Tell.

4 Words - “I will castrate him”.

She goes on to say -

    “To me, there is no excuse to cheat. It’s either you are with someone or not. And if you are tired of such person, please accord the decency of respecting who they are and their feelings, don’t go making someone look stupid because there is no excuse. The problem with me is there are no in- betweens.”

The interviewer later asked if she truly believes in what she’s saying or it was just for the interview, the actress replied saying -

    “I am saying I, Uche Jombo Rodriguez, don’t have in-betweens. So, that is why it takes me long time to make a decision or take a stand on something.

    And if I am to take on someone, we have to meet somewhere. There is no excuse not to honour an agreement you have made. This does not have anything to do with the interview; it has to do with the principle that guides me.

    It is not just about marriage, it is also about how I conduct relationships. It’s either it is this or that. If that is my thinking in a relationship, then you should know that for marriage it’s 150%, that there is no room for cheating.”

On if she believes her husband will or should not cheat on her

    “I don’t have control over what someone will do. I’m not God. I’m talking about me now, how I conduct things. So, I thought the question is about me. It’s not an option that it will happen; I will not tolerate cheating.”

More from the Interview

On if she will forgive the man who cheats on her – (Laughs) If you are in that situation Sam (The Interviewer), oh God, you are going to slave for me for life. And do you know any that will want to slave for a woman for life? Answer

On if she can ever cheat – Let me put it this way, I did not get married when I was young and stupid and I could believe almost everything. It took me a while to find someone who I thought was my soul mate.

On if she has ever called off a relationship because of cheating – Do you mean my past relationships? Isn’t that the only reason people quit relationships? Are you trying to go somewhere with this question? Because it sounds to me like you are.

She later says;
I have and I will. Sometimes, you have to give interviews and you have to hold yourself not to say things that people will not understand. I’m not a feminist; I am just an extremist. If we are in this, we are in this together. And if we are not, we are not; there is no in-betweens with me. I think life is too short for someone not to be happy.

If a guy isn’t happy in a relationship, he can take-off, likewise the lady. You don’t have to live your life for anyone and if cheating is the reason why you keep having problems, get your ass up and go and be happy. That’s all.

On a past relationship that she reportedly dated him because of his wealth, and if she was older than him -

I have never dated or married someone I was older than in my life. So, if you have the illusion of someone’s age, that is your business, and I am even too mature for my age. And that is the problem because men of my age are small boys around me; I can’t date them. I am someone who had to become a mother to some of my siblings at the age of 14.

So, I don’t know where the rumour came from. Because you are an under-achiever does not mean I should play down on my achievement. That age factor for you or a yardstick for you to succeed should not mean you should judge people with it, and I don’t have an apology.

I will continue to try to do what I need to do and to try to work harder as a person to be ahead, and if I’m learning from people who are older than me that is because I don’t hang out with my age mate. Because I don’t think there is anything else you want to teach me, and if you want to judge me by the people I hang out with or by when I started my hustle, where the hell were you at that time?

What really matters to me is that people that knew me during my not-too-proud days are so proud that this is me now. I have come far; it’s something I’m grateful for. I couldn’t have even written it better if it was a story because if you tap my mum now and ask her “What are you most grateful for?”, she will say Uche Obi because I was one of those kids that if you wake up my mum from sleep and ask “Which of your children will land you in police station?”, she would say it’s me. “Which of your kids would come home with teenage pregnancy?” It will be me.

At a point I felt that it’s about time I started talking about that part of my life to encourage teenagers. There was a time someone tried to blackmail me to the press, asking me to pay some money into a Zenith Bank account, and that if I refused to cooperate, he would tell the press I ran away from home at age 16.

I said “Bros, first of all, N 200,000 is small money if you want to blackmail someone”. “Secondly, if you want to tell the press a story, can you do it with the right date, time and age?”

I didn’t run away from home at 16, it was at 14. Now which of these people’s number do you need to confirm it because if at some point I have ever given you a reason that I was ashamed of my past, because that is why I’m here.

If I didn’t go through that, I wouldn’t have arrived here. So, I told him “When next you are calling my phone, let it be because you want the press numbers, if not, you are dialing the wrong number.”

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Toolz Claims Don Jazzy Has A Crush On Her

On Air Personality and host of online tv Ndani, Tolu Oniru a.k.a Toolz was a guest on the X-Generation programme, ‘Rubbin Minds’ where she revealed that ace producer and CEO of Mavin Records, Don Jazzy actually has a crush on her.

It was time for Ebuka to unleash his usual eye-popping questions on the celebrity of the week, a segment of the programme everyone wait eagerly for,to see who will be featured.

The least expected celebrity for this edition was Tolu Oniru popularly known as ‘Toolz’.

Deep into the interview, the Nigeria X-Factor host says people actually think that she has a crush on Don Jazzy, but she claimed that it is the one time producer of D-Banj and co-owner of defunct Mo’Hits Records that actually has a crush on her, when she was asked to explain what relationships that she’s shared with some male celebrities she’s interviewed on her shows.

Q: You mentioned earlier about people saying you interview someone and they end up saying you are dating, I want to call a few names  and you are going to answer Yes or No, or explain whatever it is you want to explain, if you dated them or not.

‘Don Jazzy’

Toolz: Don Jazzy is my personal person, Don Jazzy is like somebody that, he thought me a lot about the industry, he’s my personal person.

Q: Never dated?

Toolz: No

Toolz: People say that I have a crush on him, but I have to say he has crush on me

Q: So you think Don Jazzy has a crush on you?

Toolz: Don Jazzy is awesome and amazing.

The On Air Personality with one of Nigeria’s 21st century music radio stations, Beat FM, described Iyanya as a naturally flirtatious person and that is one of his selling points, but she never dated him.

Q: Iyanya

Toolz: No, I don’t know when that came about, when did i date Iyanya?

-I think there was a video; you guys were in the studio together, I think some talk started from there, he did an interview with you.

Toolz: Oh there we go, no, no, no Iyanya is naturally, like naturally flirtatious and I think that’s one of his selling points, but No.

She described rapper Lynxx as her very good friend, as someone she bickers a lot with and that they are very close.

Q: Lynxx

Toolz: No, Lynxx and I are like pals, we bicker a lot, and it’s kind of like, you now the way you have a friend and he’s a guy, the way you kind of develop your friendship is just yap, a kind of that person like that you say ‘ look at your head’ to so that’s it. We are quite close.

culled from Channels.

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I won’t date a guy only for money

Blessed with good looks, Uche Iwuanyanwu is one of the rising actresses in Nollywood you cannot help but admire for her professional exploits. In this interview, she talks about her blossoming career, and why she prefers to star in Ghanaian movies and many more…

You are becoming more beautiful, and your shape is something else these days.What’s the secret?

I try to stay in shape these days because I am more mature now than before. I am careful about my diet. And I have always said that if you have got it, you should go head to flaunt it.

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in Nollywood. What is your own story?

I am a very pretty girl and it’s not as if I’m praising myself. You know when you are beautiful, certain things are bound to happen. So, I will be lying if I deny the fact that men don’t admire my beauty. Yes, they do, and almost ceaselessly. But I think the most important thing is for one to remain focused on your goals. If you are good in what you are doing, a producer will definitely find it difficult not to give you a role in his new movie simply because you refused to sleep with him.

Would you say your beauty has affected the way you relate to other people?

My beauty cannot affect the way I relate to other people. I am not the only beautiful girl in town. I am just the girl next door. No doubt, being beautifu has its own advantages. But it doesn’t mean that men should pay your bills. Despite your beauty, you should be able to work very hard to avoid depending on men for everything you need as a woman.

Recently, we have observed that rising actresses always land in big deals whenever we feature them in our celebrity pages!

Well, I am not aware of it. But it is possible for that to happen. I am not here to castigate anyone. It’s a free world. If they decide to help themselves that way while waiting for the big break in acting, then it is their own cup of tea. But I won’t date a guy simply because he has money to throw around.

What is your idea of sex?

Is sex not supposed to be between a man and a woman when they are married? I am not married; hence I am not supposed to discuss sex other than what I have just said. You can ask me this question when I’m married

Aren’t you in a relationship?

I am in a relationship and I love my man. But it’s my private life. I don’t want to talk about it here. I will speak passionately about it when I am married.

How far can you go in interpreting a role?

As far as I can go to interpret that role. Like I said earlier, if I have to interpret a role in the bedroom, instead of wearing a bra and a pant, I would prefer to wear a bum-short and a bra- top or better still, wear a two-piece swimming suit and interpret the role in a swimming pool. That’s acting. And if the bum-short doesn’t interpret the role well enough, the director diverse a means to make up.

These days ladies are doing everything to look sexy?

I thank God that Iam who I am. But if I wasn’t born this way, I wouldn’t have been happy with myself. And if it means going under the knife to get it, so be it. I am not going to castigate the women who do it because life would be very boring if you do not have what it takes it to ‘flaunt it.’ No one would take notice of you.

How come you were not nominated for our sexiest in Nollywood project?

I wasn’t in the country and more so, I lost my Black Berry. I guess my friends tried my GSM lines but couldn’t reach me.

If you have the money, would you go under the knife to enhance what God has given to you?

I won’t go under the knife because I am beautiful. But if I was not born this way, perhaps l would have given it a trial.

Can you date a guy who promises to buy you an expensive car?

I cannot date a guy for his money no matter what. Except I love him

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Women risk their lives for bigger buttocks

Women across the world are risking their lives for illegal procedures to make their buttocks bigger, often involving home-improvement materials such as silicone injected by people with no medical training.

Some want to fill out a bikini or a pair of jeans. Others believe a bigger bottom will bring them work as music video models or adult entertainers. Whatever the reason, they are seeking cheaper alternatives to plastic surgery – sometimes with deadly or disfiguring results.

Deaths from illegal buttocks injections have been reported in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, Nevada and New York. An interior decorator in Mississippi faces trial in the deaths of two women who were injected at her house.

Though there is little data on the procedures or injuries they cause, doctors and authorities say they are seeing this more often. Online forums used to set up the illegal procedures have attracted thousands of responses.

Very big buttocks have been popular in hip-hop videos for years. But Dionne Stephens, who studies race, gender and sexuality in hip-hop culture at Florida International University, said celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce and Kim Kardashian are popularising the look among an increasing number of women of all races and ethnicities.

Brown's story

For 46-year-old Apryl Michelle Brown, the path to an illegal injection started with people teasing her as a child about having a "pancake butt". Years later, a woman walked into Brown's beauty salon in California and told her she could make her butt bigger with injections.

The following week, she was at the woman's house getting injections.

It wasn't long before the injection sites got hard and painful. Brown eventually began looking for doctors to remove the material, which she learned was an industrial silicone, available at a home improvement store.

After surgery in 2011, a staph infection left her near death. Both hands and feet were amputated. Today, Brown has a website and speaks on the topic, trying to convince others that they are beautiful the way they are.

Illegal procedures

Despite a lack of data, there's anecdotal evidence that the illegal procedures are becoming more common.

In April 2007, someone posted this question on the website Topix.com: "Is there any truth to this madness about some type of butt injections to make your butt bigger? Someone enlighten me!"

There have been more than 14 000 responses.

Investigators say a Georgia woman who died after getting injections in Mississippi in 2012 used the Internet to find someone to inject her. She woman drove to the home of Tracey Lynn Garner, an interior decorator with no medical training. The cost was ±R15 000.

The woman died of blood clots in her lungs a few days later. There was so much of a "silicone-like" substance in her buttocks that it spilled onto the floor and "all over the place" when a medical examiner cut into her during the autopsy, according to an investigator's testimony.

Garner is charged with murder and has pleaded not guilty. Garner was later charged in the 2010 death of an Alabama woman and also pleaded not guilty to that charge.

Dr John Martin, a plastic surgeon in Florida, said illicit cosmetic procedures have become common. Sometimes multiple people are injected in hotel rooms in "pumping parties".

Hard nodules

Some people have silicone injected in their faces, where it can cause protruding, rock-hard nodules, but it's easier to treat than the large amounts injected into the buttocks. It's so difficult to remove very large amounts of silicone from the buttocks that many doctors, including Martin, won't even try.

"When you put in a large amount of silicone, it can drift. If I fill your butt with this huge amount of silicone, it can run down your leg and mean you have to get your leg amputated," Martin said.

It can also cause infections and blood clots. If the needles hit a blood vessel, the silicone can enter the blood stream and work its way to the lungs, Martin said.

What would doctors do?

Doctors won't perform buttocks injections, but they do offer lifts and buttocks implants. Doctors performed more than 3 700 of those legal procedures last year, generating more than $17 million, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

The average fee for a legal buttocks implant is ±R45 000, according to the organisation.

In a Florida criminal case, Shatarka Nuby paid ±R20 000 for injections at people's homes, according to police reports.

Nuby died on March 17, 2012. She had received the illegal buttocks injection numerous times from 2007 to 2011, authorities say, and died from acute and chronic respiratory failure from the silicone.

- Health24

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Tinsel is Nigeria’s best TV production

Victor Olaotan plays the lead role as the character of Fred Ade-Williams in popular television series, Tinsel. He speaks with Joan Omionawele on his childhood, journey through life and career. Excerpts

You were a broadcaster for a while before you moved into acting. Why the u-turn?
Well, I have always been an actor. I had my first breakthrough in acting in 1959. My official professionalism was shown in 1974. It was entitled Candle in the Wind and it was the first television movie on Nigerian television.

How and why were you chosen for the lead role in Tinsel?
It was just grace. I understand over 500 people auditioned for the role, but I was chosen. I was surprised because I am an actor that does not jump all over the place to get my face seen, and I had left the industry for over 20 years sojourning in the United States. I have been in the industry for a while. A reporter was talking to me sometime ago and asked ‘Don’t you consider yourself lucky? You just came into the industry and you are at the top!’ I said, ‘Is that so?’ It has nothing to do with me being a fantastic actor or being special.
So you don’t consider yourself a fantastic actor?
Not yet.

When would you be one?
Maybe when you see me in Hollywood...

Are you going back to the United States?
No, I have plans to work from here.

When you came back to Nigeria, was it easy for you to adjust and get a job? What was the transition process like?
By the way, at the time I returned, I was running an engineering company in Nigeria where I trained computer Engineers. I had to close it because Tinsel is a full time job as we have to get to work by 6am and leave by 7-8pm, and sometimes 10 or 11 depending on how many scenes we have to shoot.

That means you are getting a very fat pay
This might sound funny, but Tinsel is not really about the money; (it’s about) the platform it gives. It gives you an international platform as it’s transmitting in 47 countries in Africa, in Britain, France and in the United States and Asia. There is no platform that equals that. If you come to Tinsel to think you are coming to make big bucks, you will be totally disappointed. You have to think more of your career.

What do you derive from acting?
Acting gives me a lot of joy and pleasure. I am a director by training and an actor by profession.

Who was the first woman you ever fell in love with?
(Laughs) Where did you get that question from? I was a mass server because I was born a Catholic, and there was this girl in the choir then and I had my eyes for her on the altar...

What if the Reverend Father had caught you?
‘Forgive me Father’ (laughs).

What were the pranks you played as a kid?
I played a lot of pranks. I played so much pranks that when my father died in 1968, my family decided to transfer me to Ilesa to school there. They could not control me; my father was the only one who could, as he was a police officer. So, I was sent to stay with my uncle, who was also trained by my father.

We have reports that it is very difficult for people to get roles in Tinsel. Why is this so?
As I said earlier, there are young people who want the platform, and once the bells of auditions are rung, probably the whole Lagos wants to come. Everyone wants to be part of something that is good. I think Tinsel is the best TV production on Nigerian television.

You dumped the media for acting. Is acting more lucrative than the media?
Technically, yes; but given the Nigerian factor, there are so many factors involved. How you make it or not depends on how you play the game.
There is Nollywood, mainly controlled by the Igbo people; and most of the time, they would rather have their own people being the stars. And I love that because that is their way of bringing people up. The industry (acting) was mainly controlled by mainly Yoruba in the past. We had Moses Olaiya, Baba Sala, Duro Ladipo, Kola Ogunmola as the stars of the industry back then. But now, the Igbo boys have made a lot of money for themselves. We also have the Hausa industry, which is even bigger than the Igbo. They have a channel on DSTV, which the Igbo have not been able to get.  And then, you being an actor, some of the good stuff that you have put out there would make people want to work with you; your attitude and character would make people want to work with you. When people know that you are a professional, they want to work with you.
But sometimes, the finances are not so encouraging for some actors. One can do 50 movies and may not be able to buy a brand new car, because each movie doesn’t fetch much. In a professional environment, you find people who do just one movie and they might not have to do anything else in their lifetime. When Tom Cruise did Mission Impossible, the first pay he got was $45 million. Imagine me getting $45 million. I don’t need to do any other movie for the rest of the life that I have left (laughs).
We also don’t have very wealthy producers in Nigeria; everybody shoots a movie and says it’s a low budget movie. You never hear a producer say this movie is $500 million; we want to do everything it takes. We never hear that. They will beg you to bring your pay down. At the end of the day, you work very hard.

Why did you leave ‘the good life’, as it is the general notion that when one is abroad, they are automatically rich. Is it not better there than here?
If you stay in a country for over 20 years and you are not fulfilled in what you are doing, then you need to find greener pastures. When I was in high school, initially I was playing football. But drama has always been my first love. I did not intend spending that long abroad. They used to tell me Nigeria’s economy was poor, but I was seeing all my friends becoming big. I used to know Mike Adenuga when he was younger. He used to sell radios in Dugbe back then, and I said if people in Nigeria can become that wealthy, there must be something there. To be realistic, there is more wealth in Nigeria than in the US for a Nigerian. I had done it all in the United States. So I decided to come back home.

Not much has been heard about your family? Did you leave them there?
Some of them are here, but I have most of them back there.

What was growing up like?
I come from a Christian home. In my home, we had a shrine. Our great grandfather worshipped Ogun and Sango and the rest. My father had some pigeons which he named Jacob, and whenever he said ‘Jacob’, they all flew to him. When he died, they disappeared. He was a staunch Catholic and never missed the 5 ‘o’clock mass though. The funny thing about life is that as much as we are Christians, some of us are still very superstitious.

I come from a very disciplined home. My dad made sure we were very neat and ensured we had good education. In fact, my primary school curriculum is better than most secondary school curricular today. It’s really unfortunate. My dad was very mean, in a good way, because he made sure everything had to be right. Part of it rubbed off on me.

Did your father force you to worship at the shrine?
No, he never did.

What were the things he used to do at the shrine?
He would go there, spill the blood of one of his pigeons on the ground and pray against enemies.

People say you are a ‘ladies man’. Is that true?
That’s a lie; I’m a serious person. I don’t mess around, and if ladies like me, I don’t fall for their antics. I have been tried several times. Maybe when I was younger, I could easily get attracted to women, but these days, I don’t even look at them.

How do you manage stress?
I play tennis at the Country Club and I had someone teaching me Kung fu at a point. I also take my children out and we swim and play. I club a little; that is when we go for an award and we will end up in the club or an after-party.

Your wife doesn’t complain?
 My wife is in the industry too. She knows what I do.

Are you fulfilled as an actor, as a man?
Yes, I thank God. I have a good wife. I have beautiful children. I think I have a special gene. My daughters are very beautiful and my sons are very handsome. I am blessed. The only thing that is missing in my life is Hollywood.

Source: Tribune

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