Veteran Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has revealed that she would have become a prostitute.
Losing a parent so early could lead some children, especially the older ones into doing dangerous things to protect their young ones.
Omotola stated this while recounting her childhood experience in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, a Nigerian filmmaker.
Omotola said she was ready to sleep with men for money after the death of her father when she was 13 years old.
“When I was 13, they came to pick me up from school. I knew something was wrong and prayed that nothing had happened to my dad,” Omotola said.
“When I got home, I realized my dad was dead, so going through that mental process, I did not know how to react and I did not know how I was feeling, I was just silent. The incident left me in shock but now that I am older, I think I really understand everything.
“There’s nothing anyone says to me that can move me, I’m so confident in who I’m, and I don’t fear anyone. I don’t fear for my life, probably I would’ve become a prostitute today.
“I was very desperate to do anything and said I would rather sell my body than for anybody to take my younger brother apart.