Nollywood filmmaker, Funke Akindele, has explained how ‘mockery about her leaving one husband for the other’ made her tougher and fired her on to the successes she is recording as a filmmaker.
Akindele spoke while sharing her life life story along other artistes on the Chude Live Conversation Show on Sunday.
Other creatives voices who spoke at the event are Falz and Kiekie, Veekee James, Moses Bliss, Taaooma, and Hauwa Lawal.
Sharing her experience, Akindele said the live show was for the audience to listen to celebrities on how they shared their stories, pains and joy.
Akindele said, “There was a video on social media that some women mocked me that I don’t have a husband.
“My God. I see all the insults on social media. I see all the posts that show how I left one husband for another one.
“I cried, cried, and cried. I just told myself, you need to speak to someone about this. You can’t continue like this.
“I told myself that I needed to speak, I reached out, and I started speaking. After then, I felt better. Things I couldn’t tell people out there. I spoke to my therapist and I was better.
“So, I want to advise you out there. It’s very important for you to speak up. You need it. You can’t take everything. I’m a very strong person now. I have that strength to face any challenges in life.
“After the whole blackmailing, I got tougher. I started putting the story about my life into writing, even though I almost lost it mentally, but I used the mockery to produce a film,” she said.
Akindele, sharing her story about crossing the one billion views in one of her films in the box office , said prior to that time, a filmmaker told her that she could not make the feat.
Akindele said one of her priorities was to empower the next filmmakers and to create several movie stars in the Nollywood industry.
Also, Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori, popularly known as Kiekie, a media personality and a social media/fashion influencer, said it was a privilege to be on the show.
