I See Everyone Insulting Me For Not Having A Husband Online – Funke Akindele

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele has come out to share the emotional stress she went through while facing online backlash for not having a husband. She recently had her say during an intimate conversation with popular media personality, Chude Jideonwo at the debut of his talk show, #WithChude Live, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, she sees all the insults online, and the persistent trolling really got to her at some point, but it was only when she started speaking up that she was able to develop a thick skin to get back at the trolls.

Funke added that victims of online abuse must learn to reach out to others and speak up, so they can avoid exploding when they least expect.

Her words, “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.”

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.