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Actor Charles Born has reflected on his career path as he celebrates one year anniversary in Nollywood.

Born, via Instagram, expressed gratitude for the opportunities that have propelled his career forward.

He recounted his humble beginnings, transitioning from a radio career to pursue acting, facing initial struggles and rejections.

Charles said despite the challenges, he persevered, taking a leap of faith to focus on acting full-time and his decision has yielded impressive results, with over 40 films credited to his name within a year.

He credited his growth to his support system, including his manager and the Nollywood community.

“It is with tears in my eye that I type this, but not tears of sadness but tears of gratitude. I was having a conversation with my manager @celestine_queen and I mentioned how it’s officially my 1 year anniversary in Nollywood and she goes “it’s a lie you are just one year in nollywood”? And in that moment I understood in real time what God has done for me. Two years ago I moved from full time radio to part time to see if I could chase this acting thing but one year after that NOTHING!

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“Even though I was still doing part time radio. I did everything they said do, auditions, DM directors, shoot monologues but all I was met with was silence then in 2024 I decided to chase it fully and so I resigned completely from radio very broke with only 13k in my acc. And I year after we are here!OVER 40 FILMS! If u told me in 2023 that one day you would google me and “Nigerian Actor” would pop up I would have laughed you to scorn but look at God (slide 2).

To every single person who gave me a chance THANK YOU if I begin to list I won’t finish! But this boy is grateful.

“Have I gotten to the peak? NO! have I gotten that dream role? NO! but I grateful for the journey, the growth, the opportunities,the lessons and above all grateful for the gift of time. So to every dreamer don’t stop dreaming, chasing and believing because in the words of @realwarripikin “na who give up loose”, he wrote.

Actor Charles Born has recounted a distressing experience where he was verbally assaulted by an older woman at a supermarket.

Narrating on Instagram, Charles said the incident occurred when he politely declined the woman’s request to take pictures and videos with her for her daughter, citing a bad morning.

He said that despite explaining his situation and offering an alternative, such as a phone call to the daughter, the woman became irate and resorted to cursing and emotional blackmail.

According to him, the situation was swiftly diffused when the supermarket manager intervened, asking the woman to leave the premises and issuing a proper apology to Charles.

In his post, Charles emphasised the importance of respecting celebrities’ boundaries and personal space.

He urged fans to understand that their favourite stars are human beings dealing with real-life issues, just like everyone else.

Charles expressed gratitude for his fans’ support while also requesting that they give him “grace” when he’s not in the right mindset for interactions.

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He wrote, “I just walked out of a supermarket where I was verbally assaulted by an older woman. WHY? Well, because I refused to take pictures and videos with her for her daughter, even after I had explained that I had been having a bad morning and even suggested a phone call to said daughter. Instead, she refused and resorted to cursing at me and emotional blackmail. I was too stunned to speak; I just froze. Shout out to the manager of the supermarket for arresting the issue quickly before it further escalated, as she was asked to leave the premises and a proper apology was given to me by members of staff.

“Guys please, your “faves” are human beings too who are dealing with real life issues like you and sometimes the last thing on our minds is to take selfies or and make Snapchat videos and if we communicate our mood per time to you I think it’s not out of place as a decent human being, to accord us the space we so humbly request for.

“One thing I’ll always be is forever grateful for the support y’all show me because you don’t have to, and I don’t take it for granted! But pls give me grace sometimes”.