Veteran Nollywood actor Yemi Ayebo, popularly known as Yemi My Lover, revealed that Gospel singer Tope Alabi searched for two years before she finally met him.
The role interpreter, in an interview with his colleague, Abiola Bayo, on her YouTube show, ‘Talk to B’, narrated how his relationship with Tope Alabi began.
According to him, Tope Alabi is among those who passed through him in the entertainment industry.
Yemi said he accepted Tope wholly because she was hardworking and had musical talent but wasn’t good at acting.
He said: “Tope Alabi is one of those who passed through me, in the industry. We are both good to each other. I remember that year she said it herself when she got to my house that she had been looking for me for over a year or two. I said the other time that we don’t know the value of what this work carries.
“You might want to see an artiste then, and you will be searching for two years or more before you see them. Eventually, she went through a lot to see me and she got my place and I accepted her wholly because she was hardworking and gifted with music. When she was with me, we used to go to their house in Oshodi.
“We can go away for a week or 2 and her mother wouldn’t be worried or bothered because she had already handed her over to me. Because I am not that rubbish artiste, that cannot be trusted with girls. When she was with me, I saw her musical talent, but she wasn’t that good at acting.”