Actress Lolade - My Mom Encouraged Me To Play Erotic Role In Ijakumo

Lolade Okunsanya, a talented up-and-coming Nollywood actress has in a recent statement mentioned that her erotic role in one of the best-selling Nollywood movies, Ijakumo, was not a decision she took on her own. She got approval from people she revered like her mother.

Actress Lolade, who became popular for her role as Sharon, an undercover stripper in Toyin Abraham’s suspense thriller, Ijakumo (The Born Again Stripper), revealed this during her recent appearance on TVC’s Your View.

Actress Lolade mentioned that when she was introduced to the roles assigned to her, she informed her mother and other relatives for approval.

She further mentioned that she was not the role she acted, she was not thinking about herself while she was acting. When she sent striper videos to her mother, her mother felt comfortable with it because she had prepared her mind for the worst thing.

“I was not myself. I was the character.
“I was in that phase. I was not thinking about myself. So, before playing this role, I had already informed the most important people in my life, which are my family members. I knew they would support and protect me. While I was sending stripper videos to Aunty Toyin Abraham, I was also sharing them with my mum, my sister, my brother, and other important people in my life. I said, ‘These are the kind of things you will see on Netflix, is it fine?’ My mum responded, ‘Hmm.’

“But they had prepared their minds. They had also prepared their extended families’ minds. The people who mattered the most to me were ready. Social media can do its thing, but the people who mattered most to me were holding my hand,” she said.