Who be Nigerian actress Angela Okorie wey dey di centre of Nollywood drama?
Nollywood actress Angela Okorie don dey di centre of di ongoing gbas-gbos between am, Mercy Johnson and Regina Daniels wey dey trend ontop social media.
Angela recently make one post ontop social media say she don forgive Mercy Johnson, wey she bin get beef wit but Regina Daniel respond say "we no dey forgive for dis side". Na dis make Angela fire back.
She verbally insult Regina Daniels claiming Regina marry her husband, Nigeria politician Ned Nwoko for money.
Regina deny her claim and respond say na Angela dey beg her husband make im support am financially for her next project.
Afta days of staying quiet, Mercy Johnson don tok say she go speak up for hersef and clear di air about di allegations against her.
Who be Angela Okorie
Angela Okorie na ogbonge musician and actress for Nollywood wey start her career as a model, bifor she break into stardom for 2009 wit her first feem 'Holy Serpent' and she don feature for several movies including 'Heart of a Widow' and 'Secret Code.'
She don win several awards for di Nigeria movie industry. Angela win di 'Best Supporting Actress' category for di 2015 edition of di City People Entertainment Awards.
Angela come from Enugu State, southeast Nigeria, but dem born am for Cotonou, Benin Republic, bifor she relocate to Nigeria wia she bin start to model for cosmetic brand for 2005 until she find her real passion wey be acting for 2009.
Di actress get one pikin from her previous marriage wit Chukwuma Orizu. Di two dey togada for ten years bifor Angela announce her divorce ontop Instagram in 2015.
She claim say her ex-husband no wan make she dey work as actress but di two still maintain dia relationship and dem still dey co-parent dia son.
Beef for Nigerian entertainment industry
Beef for Nigerian entertainment industry no be new tin. From music to movies, drama between celebrities don become almost as popular as di work dem dey produce.
Weda na about ego, competition, betrayal, or just plain misunderstanding, beef dey always make headlines, and sometimes e dey even boost careers.
For Nollywood, beef fit spark between actors, directors, producers, or even influencers. Many times, na ova who dey inside big role, who dey earn more endorsement deals, or who dey get more attention from di media. Oda times, na about personal issues wey dem bring into public space. E fit also be old friendship wey turn to enmity or comments wey pesin make for interview wey go di wrong way.
Music is even dey more notorious. From di days of 2Baba vs Blackface, to more recent beef between new cats for di music industry, Nigerian entertainment industry don see im fair share of ego battles.
But shey na all beef dey bad? Some pipo believe say e dey create healthy competition.
Wen two top entertainers dey compete, dem dey often drop dia best work. Di fan and di industry benefit in dat manner.
But beef fit lead to division as fans dey pick sides and engage in toxic trolling online.
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