Focus On Your Life And Stop Criticising How I’m Helping Jumoke George – Biodun Okeowo

Nollywood actress, Biodun Okeowo, a.k.a Omoborty, has come out to blast a social media troll who criticized her for publicly highlighting the struggles of veteran movie star, Jumoke George. The troll called out the actress for making the matter public when she could’ve just helped the veteran privately, and Omoborty wasn’t having it.

Reacting, Biodun wrote that critics are only bitter because they don’t know what empathy actually means.

According to her, when urgent help is needed for any popular figure, it is only wise to speak out and share it online, because the social media platform is a quick route to get the support required to provide solution.

Her words, “Some unfortunate people on this app think like roaches!

This is why some of you will never understand empathy: Your heart is locked in bitterness. @possiblecashie and the senseless ones who liked your comment and concurred, you all clearly lack sense and empathy.

You’re busy counting people’s husbands and outfits instead of counting your own missing blessings. If helping a senior colleague publicly can save a life, let it be!

When you become a human being with sense, you’ll understand that some issues are bigger than your pocket mentality. If you had half a brain, you’d know that going public is sometimes the fastest way to get urgent help.

But no, you’d rather stay bitter and type essays about people’s personal lives while doing zero for your own community.

Focus on your life, and stop analyzing what’s above your emotional pay grade.”

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.