Award winning actress , Jumoke Odetola firmly believes that relationship between two entertainers can work , adding that Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva are good examples.
In a chat with Punch, she said: ““I believe that relationships in the entertainment industry can work. Let’s start from the newest, Simi and Dekunle, to the oldest, Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs.”
Speaking about rivalry in the entertainment industry, she noted that healthy rivalry is a tool that helps entertainers get better.
“Like I said before in an earlier interview, healthy rivalry is good in sports, entertainment, business, and every other thing we do because it could be a great motivational tool towards being better. However, once it goes negative, that is bad. I don’t know about fake love but I strictly follow the Yoruba philosophy that says ‘eni a fe lamo, ao meni to feni’ (You only know who you love, not who loves you).”
Odetola stressed that the cause of ‘fake love’ in the industry is a lack of home training.
Most attitudes in adults are spillovers from home training, and you may not be able to change that easily. However, a good structure in the industry will curb a lot of misdemeanours.”