“Sanwo-Olu is shaking right now” – Beverly Naya reacts to Peter Obi defeating Bola Tinubu in Lagos

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Popular Nollywood actress, Beverly Naya has reacted to Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi flooring the APC candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos.

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The thespian said that the people of Lagos turned up for those who had died in the ENDSARS protest. According to her, Lagos residents never forgot about the incident which happened on the 20th of October 2020.

She added that Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is also a candidate of APC, is shaking over the results. She tweeted: “Lagosians showed up and showed out, this is for 20.10.20. We didn’t forget and will never forget. Sanwo Olu is shaking right now.”

My British accent was a hindrance to me — Beverly Naya

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Nollywood actress Beverly Naya has disclosed how her British accent has been a hindrance to her in the movie industry.

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One of the Nigerian actresses who stand out due to her British accent is Beverly Naya. According to the actress during an interview with Chude Jideonwo, her actress was a hindrance to her movie career in Nigeria as people felt intimated around her. Beverly Naya who started acting at age 17 disclosed that her accent did not play any vital role in paving a way for her in Nollywood movie production. “I wish! No, it wasn’t. If anything, it has been a hindrance. A hindrance in the sense that it limits you as far as roles go. But then outside of that cuz that’s not even the main thing for me because I’ve been fortunate enough to play really strong and amazing roles. The main thing is it intimidates people sometimes. I think now, no, because people in my industry are very much used to my accent. But in my earlier years, yeah. People found it intimidating and they were for whatever reason threatened by it and felt like I automatically just by default felt like I was better than other people because I had a very different orientation. And that was really really hard for me. So till now, I have had an alter ego and that alter ego is very razz. And do you know why that is? It’s because in my early years in the industry, I needed to have one because that was the only way people would just realize that I’m cool, that I’m chilled. That I could be playful. Because then they would realize, “no she’s not like that”. So I tried to drop it for years because that alter ego is hella razz. It’s because of that, but now it’s because of part of me. Because in my early years, I just wanted people to like me. But now it’s just me.”

I was bullied for being ‘ugly’ while growing up – Beverly Naya

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Veteran Nollywood actress, Beverly Naya has opened up about being bullied for being ‘ugly’ while growing up. The actress shared her heartbreaking experience in a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo.

She mentioned that bullying broke her as a schoolgirl as she was always attacked verbally and physically by her schoolmates for her physical features even at age 16. In her words: “In my formative years, I was always getting bullied for one thing or the other. No no matter what school I was in, I always felt like there was always going to be something that I was going to get attacked for. “So, when I was younger, I was an ugly duckling. I wasn’t cute. I don’t care what my mom says. I was not a cute kid. I had crooked teeth and eczema. I just didn’t look good as far as I was concerned. And as far as people around me were concerned. “I used to get called ‘snakeskin, buck teeth, light bulb head, football legs’. Just different kinds of stuff and then I just blossomed. My skin cleared, I got braces, and I just kind of blossomed. “And I started to kind of feel beautiful for the first time in my life around 16. I think I probably was owning it a bit too much for some people in my school. I got bullied for that and it really broke me. “I was like ‘look, I can’t win’. When I was younger, I was getting bullied for being ugly and unattractive. “And now I finally feel like I’m beautiful and I’m trying to own it, that’s now the problem. I’m now getting bullied for that. So, I got ganged up on and ended up with a black eye, and a chipped tooth, on the same day.”