Controversial actor Yomi Fabiyi has responded to colleague Jaiye Kuti’s criticisms of veterans begging fans for money online.
The Nation reports Jaiye Kuti, in a viral video, expressed displeasure over the recent trend of veteran movie stars begging fans for financial support and car gifts online.
According to her, such act is tarnishing and giving the Nollywood community bad names.
She stressed that Nollywood is not a pension-based industry and thespians are supposed to prepare for their future during their young and active years.
She further implied that some of those begging fans online may have recklessly wasted their earnings during their younger days.
Responding to this, Yomi via his Instagram page said many of the veterans begging for arms had been exploited in the past and the recent trend should not bother anyone.
He wrote: “If anybody needs help and indeed comes public with his or her brand, name and face only, I don’t see why it should bother any. If you cannot find means to recover all these veterans’ losses via piracy and exploitation by capitalists, then let them breathe. We new millennium actors are a little luckier but not better.
“We must learn to respect people’s decisions, choices, and actions. All man for himself. Comparison is proof of nothing. I prefer these veterans’ stars to seek charity than go into drug Trafficking, Fraud, Rituals etc just to survive their present hardship. Maybe these charity should be in a more packaged means because truth be told, MANY OLD ACTORS ARE SUFFERING IN SILENCE AND LIKELY TO DIE DISGRACEFULLY IF THEY DON’T SEEK HELP.
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“Let it be clear, no matter how uncomfortable and displeased you are with someone’s actions or decisions, if it is not against the law of the land and falls within the rights of the person, it is an outright arrogance, crime and grandeur of delusion to attempt to rubbish such person. Caveat!
“Nigeria sef they beg and borrow. I HATE PRETENCE, ARROGANCE, AND FAKE LIVES”, he said.