Tag: Kiitan Bukola

  • Content creation, acting not for everyone, says Kiitan Bukola

    Content creation, acting not for everyone, says Kiitan Bukola

    Nollywood actress and filmmaker Kiitan Bukola has advised aspiring creatives to focus on their strengths rather than venture into fields where they lack talent. Speaking in a recent chat with The Nation Newspaper, she emphasized that not everyone is cut out for acting or content creation.

    “Everything is not meant for everybody, even filmmaking is not meant for everybody,” she stated. “Whatever you know you’re not good at, don’t waste your energy on it. But whatever you are good at, in some years to come, you will tell the story and you will be happy, saying, ‘I did my best and here I am to tell the story.’”

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    Beyond her work in Nollywood, Bukola revealed that she has been running a successful liquor business, leveraging her experience from living in South Africa. According to her, the country’s drinking culture helped her develop an eye for quality, which has been crucial in maintaining the integrity of her business.

    “I’ve been selling liquor for some time now, and I lived in South Africa where people drink a lot, so I understand what liquor looks like when it is original,” she explained. “Ever since I started, no one has ever come to me to complain that I sold fake drinks to them. I’ve been buying from just one person ever s

  • Why I’m scared of marriage – Actress Kiitan Bukola

    Why I’m scared of marriage – Actress Kiitan Bukola

    Nollywood actress Kiitan Bukola has shared her personal struggles and the impact of her childhood experiences on her views about marriage.

    In an interview with Biola Bayo, the actress revealed that while she loves the idea of marriage, she harbours fears about it due to her deep desire to provide a stable and loving home for her future children.

    Bukola explained that her apprehensions stem from her upbringing, marked by the absence of her father. 

    She disclosed that her father had several children, many of whom she has never met, with some connections only made through online platforms.

    “The absence of paternal love and care has left a lasting impact on me,” she shared, reflecting on how these experiences have shaped her aspirations and concerns about family life.

    The actress’s heartfelt revelations shed light on the emotional challenges she continues to navigate, as she strives to break the cycle and create a nurturing environment for her future family.

    “I love marriage but at the same time, I am scared of it. Because I don’t want a situation whereby I will have my kids outside wedlock.

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    “There are some of my father’s children that I don’t know. The funny thing is I met some online. I didn’t have a father’s care the way I wanted it like I wanted that parental love – father, and mother together. Let me enjoy my home. It hurts me most of the time because I didn’t really enjoy it”, she said.

    The actress also shared her humble beginnings, recounting how she hawked pounded yam and efo soup at Sabo in Ondo State as a child. 

    “I used to hawk pounded yam and efo back in the days. I will wake up at 3:30 am because we had to take it to Sabo in Ondo town”, she said.

  • How a colleague displaced me for a movie role – Kiitan Bukola

    How a colleague displaced me for a movie role – Kiitan Bukola

    Actress Olurintimilehin Bosede Bukola better known as Kiitan Bukola has slammed an undisclosed colleague for manipulating a movie producer against her.

    Kiitan, on her Instagram story, narrated how she was sent a script by a director months before the supposed shoot date.

    According to her, she was already absorbed in the character, even going as far as cancelling her birthday trip but she found out the movie was already being shot without her.

    She stated she laughed and moved on and weeks later learnt a colleague, who she respected and was always showing her fake love, manipulated the director to reject her.

    She blasted the colleague for being a hypocrite, admonishing her to show it if she doesn’t like her.

    According to her: “I was sent a script by a particular director, I was giving my character name, I already digest this story and put myself in character for month, I canceled my birthday trip for this same job, only to find out they have already started shooting the movie. I laughed and moved on. Weeks later, I got to realize it was a particular person who was really against me that they just not use me, reason best known to her. Because she was close to the EP, she was able to manipulate it all.

    “Note: This is someone I respect so much. Someone who always pretend to love me. Someone who wrote epistle to wish me HBD that same period.

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    “If I was not seen in that character, it’s a different thing, but every other people wanted me but you insisted no. Only you know why cos you gave no reason to them. If you don’t like me show it, avoid me, stop being an hypocrite. Trust me things like this don’t get to me cos I always expect the unexpected. Fake birthday love everywhere. Reason I am never freaked by it, out me on Instagram story and let it go off after 24 hours. I am good or don’t wish me at all if you don’t like me genuinely.

    “Note this: What’s mine will never pass me by, it can only take time. It has been assigned by God, one mind always help.

    “Olaoluwakiitan Oluwabukunolami bor to be great (Child of Grace). I won’t rant naaa, I respect my family too much. This is just a hint because a lot has happened, I always smile, overlook and pass”.

  • It was hard to leave a married man I once dated – Kiitan Bukola

    It was hard to leave a married man I once dated – Kiitan Bukola

    Actress Kiitan Bukola has revealed that she once dated a married man, saying that exiting the relationship was a difficult thing for her. 

    She said that she found it hard to leave because of the benefits she was getting in the relationship.

    Kiitan stated this in a video interview with media personality, Damilola Banire, that was uploaded to Oyinmomotv’s YouTube channel. 

    According to her, she grew up in a polygamous family where her father married five women and bore 19 children.

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    Kiitan Bukola said that many people end up in polygamous marriages because they don’t enjoy their previous marriages.

    She said: “Some people’s marriages are not perfect, the reason why some of them may decide to try another marriage.

    “I came from a polygamous family, and there is a limit to what I can say when it comes to marriage because my father married five wives and has nineteen children.

    “I dated a married man and I found it hard to leave him because I was enjoying the relationship.”

  • Actress Kiitan Bukola reflects on God’s goodness at birthday

    Actress Kiitan Bukola reflects on God’s goodness at birthday

    Actress Oloruntimilehin Bosede Bukola popularly known as Kiitan Bukola, has celebrated her 34th birthday with stunning pictures. 

    To celebrate her special day, she expressed gratitude to the maker for keeping her.

    Kiitan, who was formerly engaged, stated that she has realised that hardship prepares ordinary people for extraordinary destinies.

    She added that she sees challenges as a stepping stone to greatness. Kiitan wrote;

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    She wrote: “Today, I shower myself with love, gratitude, and happiness. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the one who deserves it the most – me! OLAOLUWAKIITAN OLUWABUKUNOLAMI

    “Ever since I realised that Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. I see all challenges as a stepping stone to greatness. I become more grateful to God.”

  • I wear whatever I’m comfortable in – Actress Kiitan Bukola

    I wear whatever I’m comfortable in – Actress Kiitan Bukola

    Actress Oloruntimilehin Bukola, popularly known as Kiitan Bukola, has informed she is not under any pressure to keep up with the social media aesthetics despite being a public figure.

    The Yoruba role interpreter, in an interview with Punch, said she had always been succeeding before she joined Nollywood and has a business outside movie production.

    She said: “Away from the screen, I look good; so surely, I will have admirers. It is either I accept their proposals or not. I am very hard-working, and I had been succeeding before I came into Nollywood. I have a business outside the industry. My success is not built around my sex appeal.”

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    Speaking of dealing with a cheating partner, Kiitan said she cannot continue with such a relationship 

    She said: “I will surely walk away silently (from the relationship), and life goes on.”

    Asked if she is under any pressure to maintain a particular image on social media regarding fashion, she said: “I wear whatever I am comfortable in. I am not in competition with anyone, and I am not under pressure. Whenever I have money to buy designer outfits, I will go for them. And if I don’t, I will wear whatever I can afford.”