Veteran Hilda Dokubo has blamed some of her colleagues for selling off the wrong ideas about Nollywood acts on social media.
According to the thespian, some of her colleagues portray flamboyant lifestyles on social media, giving off the impression that every film star truly lives in affluence when it is not true.
Dokubo made her position known via her Instagram page as she sorrowed over the N71M ransom being demanded by the kidnappers for two of her colleagues, Cynthia Okereke and Cornel Clemson who were recently abducted.
She wondered how the families and friends of the abducted actors would be able to raise the ransom.
She said: “Nollywood is about moving from one level of begging for alms to save an ill or dying colleague to now facing the worse of fears over two of their colleagues facing God knows what in the hands of kidnappers.
“Where will we turn if not the public using our social media platforms? Well…Finally, the kidnappers have made their demands. They want money! 100k US dollars! From where? Unfortunately, they misjudged the financial status of the actors they kidnapped! And think that as it is in the movies that are how it is in real life. What a life.
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“Where will we get one hundred thousand US dollars from? God save all of us from this pain and give us your grace for this period. I know some actors paint the wrong picture on social media all the time but it is only in line with the “Show” part of SHOWbiz. Hopefully, you’ll understand what I mean.
“I am pained because I know these two personally, have worked with them and I know the truth of how it is with them. Just been asking myself one question all day, “How much does an average actor make in Nigeria?”
The movie stars were kidnapped while returning from a set at Ozalla town in Enugu State last Friday.