for her controversial nature. The actress has over the years
grown a thick skin to criticisms and wants people to know
that she’s in the movie industry to be an actress in the true
sense of the word.
She has the ability excel in any role she is assigned and
she has been a good source of entertainment for many fans.
In this encounter with Showtime celebrity Anita opens up on
her music and movie career viv-a-vis other issues:
What
have
you
been
up to?
Work
work
work…
Movies and music but I’m still recording
How many movies have you done so far?
The one that just came out is Akpabio, the Calabar Boy.
Then, there’s Hips Don’t Lie, Festival of Village Girls,
Wannabe Girls, Who runs the Village, Twins Blood, and lots
of others. I can’t really count.
What is your style of music?
I do Hip-hop, I do slow songs, blues, I do every kind of
music
Which songs have you released this year?
I’ve done Long Time and Go Gaga
Have you featured any artiste in your songs?
In ‘Nyem Something’ I featured Flavour. The video came out
two years ago
You and Afrocandy were recently seen together, are you
guys doing a movie?
Yes, we are. We’ve not done the job yet. She just did an
audition and I was invited over to help in the casting. We
did an audition at Excellence Hotel so I went there to help
her cast and I’m part of the movie too
Is it a porn movie?
God forbid. It’s an African movie. Afrocandy does other
movies too. The one she’s going to do soon is an epic
movie like a village kind of movie. Then the other one is
another kind of movie, we call it Glamour.
Glamour is the one you have many rich people but the epic
is the village one. It’s not a porn movie, don’t mind what
people are saying. I assure you it is not porn. Anita cannot
do porn. You know why I can’t do porn? Because the money
will finish but the movie won’t go.
It’s not something I would like to do. Everybody in life has
what he or she wants to do. I don’t care what anybody
does. Some people say you’re friends with Afrocandy and
all that, So What?
Do you believe Nigerians are hypocritical about sex?
Oh yes they are, some of them do worse things behind
closed doors. So don’t judge me. I do what I want to do but
I can’t do porn. Anita is crazy, Anita is this, Anita is that,
but I can’t do porn. There are some kinds of things I can’t
do. If I’m doing business with Afrocandy, it’s movie
business not porn and it’s my business. Nobody has the
right to tell me I shouldn’t do it because she’s this, she’s
that. That’s their business.
Can you do sex in a movie?
No, I can’t
Not even kissing?
That’s a normal thing. There’s a way we do kissing in the
movie industry, we don’t really do the real kissing but
there’s a way we do it. It’s acting.
There was a movie I saw you,where Nkem Owoh was
touching your boobs, what movie was that?
That movie was The Gamblers. In the script, they said he
was supposed to touch my breasts; we have to make it real
so I gave him my breast to touch and that thing blew
people’s minds. That was the whole idea, he touched it for
real.
Have you done any other stuff like that?
I do lots of stuffs like that. It doesn’t matter; it’s the kind of
job I do, so it depends. It depends on what the script says,
sometimes you just have to pretend to be there. Its
pretense, Acting is all about pretense.
Which actor do you have chemistry working with?
I have chemistry working with everybody but there are
some people you work better with, lots of them. If I start
mentioning the names, you won’t leave here
What do you consider the sexiest part of your body?
Everywhere is sexy because everybody has what trips him
or her. Some like the boobs, some like the back, some like
my legs, I’ve seen somebody that loves my palm. My
fingers are very sexy
You say you love tattoos, how many tattoos do you have?
I used to love tattoos. But I don’t do tattoos anymore and
I’m trying to remove them. I’m not a tattoo freak anymore;
I’ve grown out of that. In fact the tattoos on my body are
mistakes. I advise people not to do tattoos. Tattoos are
addictive. If you do one you want to do another, at the end
of the day you’ll start regretting them. I don’t love my
tattoos anymore. I wish I can clean them out.
Where is the most hidden place you’ve done a tattoo?
No hidden place, the most hidden one is the one on my
waist and on my boobs
What do you find attractive in a man?
I love men that are simple. I don’t like men that are too
loud, I love it simple
When did you get into music?
I started music professionally four years back but I’ve not
released an album yet. I’ve not really been serious with my
music because the movies took over but I’ve released two
videos, Time No Dey and Nyem something
Are you currently in a relationship?
I’m single and not searching
Have you ever done a movie outside Nigeria?
Yes, I have, in South Africa. I did the movie last year but it’s
not out yet
How do you
handle your
male
admirers?
They’re not
easy to
handle but I
handle them
well enough.
In this kind of
job, you have
to be strong
and bold
because if
you’re not,
they’ll just
mess you up.
So, I handle
them
perfectly. I try
not to be
insulting in as
much as
some of them
are very
unbearable. Those that are unbearable, you just try and be
subtle and manage them with a good smile.
What of your critics?
I love my critics because if they don’t criticise me, I won’t
get better
Do you take to their advice?
I do listen but some of them don’t make sense. Some of
them are beef, maybe it’s somebody that doesn’t like you,
you didn’t do anything to the person but the person doesn’t
just like you. They did it to Jesus Christ.
He didn’t do anything to them but some people hated him,
so it happens.
Sometimes when you read some things you know that it’s
just beef. You might not know the person but the person is
beefing you. I don’t care about what they say. What I
care about is I take from the ones that are good, I try to
amend what is not right but the ones that I know that I’m
doing right, I don’t bother
What is the craziest thing a fan has ever done when he saw
you?
Hitting my bum. Someone has seen me in Shoprite before,
hit my bum and ran away. There was nothing I could do.
There was a movie I did Open and Close. I was a
nymphomaniac in that movie, I had sex with everybody
around me because it was the story. The guy said that thing
you did in Open and Close, can you just do it to me? He
started whining in Shoprite, mimicking everything I did in
the movie, the way I was doing. I just turned to leave and
the next thing he did was to tap my ass. I wanted to pursue
him but I wore heels so I couldn’t pursue him.
If it were before, I would have chased him all the way.
Another day someone called me and started moaning ‘Anita
you’re killing me, Anita whine for me’, I said hello, he said
‘Oh please, it’s me please you don’t understand’. It was
one of my pictures he saw. He uses my pictures to work on
himself and he told me. Mostly he uses private numbers to
call me so I wouldn’t be able to call back. That ‘s why I
sometimes don’t pick private numbers.
What is the craziest thing you have done to a fan ?
There was this crazy guy that got my number from
somewhere. This guy sends me message everyday of my
life, everyday. Telling me how he loves me and how he
wants to marry me, till date. At a point I had to call him and
invited him over. I mean this guy has been sending me
messages for more than two years straight, everyday.
My sisters, everybody in my house knows about it. One day
I decided to invite him over but when I came out to receive
him, he was nowhere to be found. He later called that he
could not face me.
What is the worst scandal of your life?
There was a time I was in South Africa, they wrote
something about me that an Alhaji and I were getting
married in America. It wasn’t true, I was in South Africa and
they said I was in America. Then I was working in South
Africa. They said that I went to his office and his wife saw
me in the office and embarrassed me. They said me and the
wife got into a fight, that people had to come to separate us.
I had a relationship and I was very heartbroken. I’ve had
lots of them like that. Some people actually believed that
story but there was a mix up. That story shattered me at
the time.
Why did you refuse a marriage proposal from your boyfriend
A man cannot just come out and tell me to stop what I’m
doing because he wants to marry me. I’m not desperate for
marriage. Marriage will come when it will come. My man
will come when it’s the right time for him to appear. When
my husband comes, he won’t tell me to stop what I’m
doing. My husband would be my fan and love what I’m
doing, my husband would encourage me.
Your boyfriend was telling you to leave acting for him?
Yes, and become a complete housewife. I’m an Anambra
girl, we don’t do like that. We’re hardworking women.
That’s the kind of blood I’m born with; I can’t just leave
what I’m doing. Marriage is not a do or die affair
What about dating Senators, Governors and Politicians, is it
true or false?
I have friends all over. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re
dating the person but you know how the world is, if they see
you with someone or you’re friends with someone, they
conclude you’re dating the person.
What more should people expect from you?
Lots of new things, it would be a surprise package.
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