My Own Fans Only Give Me Moral Support, No Cash Rewards – Yul Edochie

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has come out to react to a clip of BBNaija housemate, Prince receiving a cheque of N10 million from his fans on his birthday.

He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the gesture for reality stars is very shocking because his own fans only beg him for cash from morning till night.

He added that all he sees is people giving him moral support or asking him to cut soap for him in his DM, not cash rewards.

His words, ”Abeg where una dey see this kind fans???
My own fans na to beg me money morning till night. ‘Cut soap for me’ ‘Cut soap for me’ ‘Bless your boy, bless your girl’ full my DM. ‘Yul your acting dey burst my brain’ ‘Yul your voice is killing me’ ‘Yul we love you’ Finish.
Wahala.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.