I Regret Ever Knowing Tonto Dikeh – Doris Ogala

Popular celebrity Doris Ogala has come out to blast Nollywood actress and former best friend, Tonto Dikeh. She recently urged Nigerians not to associate her with the moviestar, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, she has disassociated herself completely from her in recent years because Tonto Dikeh is a shameless and disgusting human being.

Doris added that their friendship was never as rosy as many thought, and she ended the relationship to ensure her integrity remains intact.

Her words, “Please, please, I beg you people in the name of God.
This woman called Tonto and I are actually not friends as it seemed on social media.
We are two different people.
We hardly see each other, only when I visit Abuja.

Please, please, I disassociate myself completely with her.
In fact, I’ll narrate the kind of friendship we shared with evidence.

I beg you people in the name of God, don’t associate me with this nonsense girl.
Ahhh, please, I’m only stubborn, but I have my integrity intact. Please, please, we were never that sugar and butter like you people thought.
Abeg, I don’t want to be associated with a shameless, disgusting human being.
In fact, I’ll come live to share more light on this.

I apologised to my friends not because I was wrong but because I needed to clear up some things.
Hey Tonto, you’re the most heartless person I’ve ever seen.
I regret ever associating with you.
God goodness me.”

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.