{"id":275899,"date":"2011-02-11T11:04:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T11:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51928"},"modified":"2011-02-11T11:04:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T11:04:52","slug":"omotola-i-use-to-preach-the-gospel-in-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/11\/omotola-i-use-to-preach-the-gospel-in-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Omotola: I Use To Preach The Gospel In Buses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Omotola & husband<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nDressed in a brown cleavage-revealing fitted top and a pair of blue denim jeans, with absolutely no make-up, the 32-year old mother-of-four is preparing for her child\u2019s birthday. She needs to buy all sorts of stuff to make the birthday colourful, so as to retain her name as the best mother in the world (at least to the celebrant).
\nYet she was in a mood to chat with us. We\u2019re at her Ikeja GRA office. Face-to-face in a little cubicle, Omosexy \u2013 as she is fondly called by both her husband and her fans opened up like someone who had been bottled up for a while. She smiled warmly, chose her words carefully and took time to stress her points, even though her eldest child waits impatiently in the reception area \u2013 waiting for us to get the interview over with, so that the birthday shopping can begin. But the minute-counter on the recorder only reads two minutes five seconds; which means the interview is just beginning.
\nWe traced the story of her life, probing without borders, digging deeper than a Julius Berger drill, and almost giving her goose pimples.
\nFrom her days on Molue buses, preaching away like a career evangelist, to her cross over from movie to music, her alleged snobbish attitude, and that celebrated enmity with fellow movie star Genevieve Nnaji, she spoke with Dimeji Ogedengbe until the recorder batteries were completely exhausted.
\nTo start with, do you still find time to cook your hubby\u2019s meal?
\nI do all the time. I always cook in bulk if I am travelling. They bring it out and warm from the microwave. Even if I\u2019m in the middle of a shoot, if I have to, I\u2019ll come back, especially if something urgent comes up. It hardly happens. Basically, I cook in large quantities. It\u2019s something I\u2019ve trained myself for. The only problem is NEPA. There are times when there\u2019s no light or the generator is bad. Then they have to turn out stuff. I don\u2019t like de-frozen food.
\nBefore Ije, We had stopped seeing you in movies. We only heard about you in the music industry; is music conflicting with your movie career?
\nNo. Absolutely not. I\u2019m just chilling not to be in too many movies at this period; because there are not too many projects out there right now that I really want to do. There are a few movies that I love and recently I\u2019ve have shot about four of them, that\u2019s straight to video movies. Otherwise I\u2019m also looking more to shoot movies like \u2018IJE\u2018 and also to encourage the producers and directors of such movies. You know, promoting such movies takes a lot of time; you have to travel around and all that. I really have been travelling to promote other movies. I have another project called \u2018Mind game\u2018 and I\u2019ve been promoting that since last year as well, just as i did \u2018IJE\u2019 . So, that\u2019s what I\u2019ve mostly been doing with the movie side of my life but otherwise I\u2019ve shot other movies on the local scene.
\nYou have one album to your credit and the second one is coming out; has it been promising so far? {EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: Omotola\u2019s second album Me, Myself and Eyes, has since been released}
\nAbsolutely! Extremely, in fact. I\u2019ve always known that nothing good comes easy so I\u2019m not one of those people who come in and think everything has to go their way. I know most times that you really have to work hard to get things and I know that if nothing else, something has to give you a fight. I know that I have to be strong-willed, confident and hardworking. I know exactly what to expect. I think I\u2019m surprised that things are catching up quickly and faster than I thought it would. I\u2019m really bracing up for a big fight not only in Nollywood but around the world. It\u2019s never been easy for people to cross over from movies to music likewise from music to movies. I envisaged a very tough fight and very hard terrain. You know, a lot of people think it\u2019s just something you do to pass time because you are bored or there is something else you are looking for.
\nBut what can you say is your priority Music or Movie?
\nNone necessarily. My priority is entertainment first and foremost because that\u2019s the profession I\u2019ve chosen to do. It\u2019s like asking a doctor \u2013 GP has to be your specialty. I mean they can decide to take another course and do other parts of medicine. My specialty is entertainment. I could be a poet, a dancer, stage act, singer or an actor. It\u2019s all within entertainment.
\nYou and Genny \u2013 Is this the first time you are doing a movie together?
\nNo.
\nWhy does \u2018Ije\u2019 seem to be more pronounced?
\nWell, that\u2019s because it\u2019s actually a big movie. Other movies we\u2019ve done like \u2018Games Women Play\u2018 and \u2018Sister in love\u2018 were big too, \u2018Blood Sisters\u2019, is one of the biggest African movies in the world till date. So, I mean we\u2019ve done a couple of movies together but I guess \u2018Ije\u2018 is just on another level. It\u2019s big, it\u2019s a film and it\u2019s well promoted.
\nA lot of people see you two as rivals; with \u2018Ije\u2019 it would seem you both have a robust relationship. Are you guys quite close? Did you get along well while on set?
\nThat\u2019s the irony. There is nothing to get along and nothing not to get along. The idea is actually in peoples mind. People read meaning to everything. The point is we are not best friends or close friends and we are not enemies too. We are just colleagues and we are cool. I mean if I see her somewhere, I would be like \u2018hello hello\u2019 and we\u2019ll go our separate ways like every other person. I really don\u2019t understand what the fantasy is with me and Genevieve in particular. She\u2019s not the first person I\u2019m acting a sisterly role with and she will definitely not be the last but I know, somebody or people just have feelings of those two brands. I don\u2019t even think we look alike so it\u2019s an irony why people keep tagging us as sisters. It\u2019s weird but it\u2019s what it is.
\nYou were alleged to have snobbed a male fan who offered you a handshake on the red carpet of Ije premiere in Lagos. Are you truly a snob?
\nWow, I\u2019m hearing this for the first time. I don\u2019t remember anything of that nature happening. Are you sure I saw this person? There was no way anyone could have even come up to me because I had a bodyguard with me. Are you sure he was trying to shake me or he was giving me something? That\u2019s not possible. To everybody who said \u2018hello\u2019 to me that day, I said \u2018hello\u2019 back. I was even over friendly. We even had a situation where i was playing with the area boys. So if I could play with area boys outside my car why would someone try to shake me on the red carpet and I won\u2019t respond to the gesture? That\u2019s strange.
\nHas marriage been fun?
\nIt\u2019s been interesting, very interesting. In marriage, there are times when you want to be free; there are times when you feel it\u2019s the best. There are times when you fight. Even with your parents it\u2019s the same. There are times when you want to be with them, there are times when you just want to get out. My marriage has been good. We are normal people. When I don\u2019t want to see him i do not see him. We give each other space. We don\u2019t choke each other. We fight, we play, and we talk to each other. When we wanted to be married we decided to be natural. We don\u2019t lie to each other. If I goof I tell him.
\nBut you were just 18 when you married, how much did you know then?
\nAt 18, I was wiser than a lot of 20 \u2013 something year olds. What I\u2019m living on now are legacies I set for myself when I was younger. I was in tune with God.
\nLet\u2019s rewind a little. Back in the days you used to preach the gospel on Molue buses in Lagos. Do you still evangelize?
\nI do. I evangelize everyday but maybe not in Molues anymore (laughs). It\u2019s a way of life for me. It\u2019s about what I believe. It\u2019s just a way of life for me. I talk to people about God; I talk to them about Christ and about values and what I believe in. So that\u2019s the way I do my own evangelism to the people I come in contact with everyday. I tell them things that could help their lives. But as the case is right now, I don\u2019t do Molues anymore (chuckles).
\nLooking back now, do you think you should have lived your life differently?
\nI don\u2019t think I had a choice in my life. My life has played out the way god wanted it. There are so many things I regret. That\u2019s the truth. Anything that happens in my life was meant to be. It\u2019s either made me wiser or something. Nothing in my life has been accidental. I am living my destiny, being who God wants me to be. But personally if it was left to me, I would have started music first. Because I didn\u2019t start with music, people are skeptical about accepting me as an artiste. I am even shocked that fans accepted my songs so soon. I was shocked at the acceptance of \u2018Naija lowa\u2019. Even in the north, they know the song. I\u2019m happy everyone is talking about the music. It\u2019s because it\u2019s worth talking about. It makes me want to work harder. A lot of acts that even started with music didn\u2019t hit it with their first album. I am grateful for all I have achieved and I\u2019m working harder. It\u2019s what I love. Everyone that knew me first knew me with music\u2026.I just watched one of Beyonce\u2018s documentaries when she was bringing out her birthday album and saw how she was rehearsing for six hours every day\u2026
\nMost men want to be in your husband\u2019s shoes. Some say they don\u2019t envy him. Do you think he\u2019s lucky or unlucky to be your husband?
\nYou answer that for yourself. I\u2019ll leave people to answer that. But if we\u2019ve been married since 1996 and we are getting stronger, I don\u2019t think he has problems with that. It takes a real man to be like him. Not many men will survive in his shoes. I\u2019ve met guys who are well informed and have traveled far and wide, but can\u2019t tolerate what he does. He\u2019s a white man in a black man\u2019s skin. He\u2019s such a darling\u2026 people who\u2019ve met him also say the same thing\u2026there\u2019s no dull moment with him. He\u2019s an extremely beautiful soul\u2026even guys fall in love with him, how much more girls?
\nFour labours behind you and you are still stunning. Do we give the credit to cosmetics?
\nWhich cosmetic do you see on me right now? (laughs out loud). The truth of that matter is that I hate make up. People may not know this, but truly, I don\u2019t enjoy dressing up. Personally it\u2019s not like my favourite thing to do. I don\u2019t like it. I\u2019m a very regular person. I just like to wake up in the morning, throw on something and go. So if you see the real Omotola, I\u2019m like this. Without make up, regular clothes and I\u2019m up and doing with my everyday activities. It\u2019s the Omosexy part of me that likes to do all the freaky make up thing and dressing. So if you have to give credit to anything, it has to be to nature and to God (laughs).
\nIt\u2019s believed in some circles, especially the media, that you\u2019ve had affairs\u2026?
\nFor a twelve year career, talks like that must have come up maybe twice or thrice. Why did they come up at all, it\u2019s because of my age, if I was like Joke Silva\u2019s age, maybe it won\u2019t come up. That I\u2019ve not even been linked with fellow actors, it shows you that when I\u2019m working, I\u2019m professional. In most cases I actually know these people they\u2019ve accused me of dating. In the case of Ayo Fayose it was from an event we had in London. These things are sensational\u2026some people just sit down and cook up stuff\u2026they said another romp happened in London, I don\u2019t know\u2026but the truth is that I thank my God that they always find out that these things are false and baseless\u2026they realize there is nothing.
\nI have no skeletons in my cupboard\u2026I task the writers to investigate and get to the bottom of it. At times some people are even trying to spoil your name. I guess now, with time, I\u2019ve been able to earn the trust of journalists, my fans and my family. I\u2019ve passed that murky stage. And it\u2019s good to watch your steps. My husband understands. I am who I am. I don\u2019t hide. I am a very transparent person. I\u2019m not a very political person. Unfortunately we\u2019re in a world where deceit is the order of the day. But I refuse to be that kind of person. He knows there\u2019s pressure on me. He knows about them and it\u2019s no problem for him. He knows when they call me. Most of them are his friends and they\u2019re my friends. He knows and he trusts me. The most important thing is to know who you are.
\nYou work out regularly?
\nI don\u2019t work out regularly unfortunately, I have seasons. There are times I just feel like \u2018oh sh**t\u2019, I really do need to walk out and I get to the gym and I\u2019ll be like duh! And after two weeks I\u2019m bored. I walk out because I\u2019m on a goal. I\u2019m very restless; I can\u2019t sit down in place for a long time. So I\u2019m always moving around, from one project to the other. Otherwise once in a blue moon I just dash into my gym and do something real quick and rush out.
\nHow old is your eldest child?
\n13 years
\nMost actresses\u2019 marriages don\u2019t work. What are you doing differently?
\nLike I said, I think its God. Anything that\u2019s not built on God is not going to last. I\u2019ll advise actresses not to fall in love with their fans. I might be wrong. And then, your partner must be God-fearing. You must know your source. It\u2019s a bastard that describes his father\u2019s house with a left hand. My marriage is totally built around Jesus. I might appear sexy tomorrow.
\nBut I know where I\u2019m coming from. I and my husband are scriptural people. The fact that I\u2019m not cheating on my husband is because I fear someone that\u2019s not there. Not because I love him so much. Man to man, the worst that can happen is divorce\u2026 but with God, you don\u2019t mess with his laws and go free\u2026God is the foundation. Then the blocks you build on it is communication\u2026 some spouses are not making as much money as the actors\u2026 you must make them understand what is going on\u2026 I will not lie that since I got married I have not seen one or two guys that I admire\u2026I know its infatuation\u2026 when I see it\u2019s getting bigger than that, I discuss it with my husband\u2026 anyone can be infatuated. It\u2019s nothing to be ashamed of.
\nAnd the safest person to talk about it to is your spouse\u2026it\u2019s always a big step for me\u2026even with God, when you confess your sins, it\u2019s like magic, you just see that you\u2019ve grown past it\u2026so we communicate\u2026 when you try to fight things by yourself, you lose\u2026 you get deeper, deeper, and you think you\u2019ve gone too far to go back\u2026 then you sink\u2026 and I want to say that when people\u2019s marriages break up, its not always because they\u2019re wayward or because they just dump their homes. We need to help them. We treat marriage as if it\u2019s just an affair. Especially for our career, there\u2019s so much pressure. Don\u2019t care what anyone says, if not you\u2019ll start to run a race that you can not win\u2026I\u2019ve learnt that steady wins the race\u2026
\nA kissing contest between you and your husband; who do you think would win?
\n(Laughs) I don\u2019t know. I haven\u2019t done one before so I will have to think about that real had. He\u2019s a very good kisser though. So I don\u2019t know.
\nTell me an interesting thing about you that nobody else knows
\nProbably nothing (laughs). If there is anything I\u2019ve not told you, that means I don\u2019t want people to know. But trust me there are lots of things people don\u2019t know about me. So whatever you know is what I want you to know.
\nIf you were a man, would you marry Omotola?
\nOmotola is the best wife anybody can ever have. I\u2019m the best gift any man can have. I\u2019m very independent and inexpensive. I\u2019m very driven, very principled and a good mother to my kids. My husband is lucky to have me. So if I were a man I\u2019d marry Omotola. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be able to handle her. I\u2019m a very complex person. I don\u2019t think like everybody else\u2026 I don\u2019t compromise\u2026I\u2019m a non-conformist\u2026 to me there\u2019s nothing like Nigerian standard\u2026 I\u2019m extremely strict. It\u2019s not easy to work with me\u2026things don\u2019t easily impress me\u2026 I demand a lot of character from people\u2026I don\u2019t encourage frivolities and I hate excuses, so it\u2019s hard for people to be around me.
\nAre you wearing any a tattoo?
\nNo. I don\u2019t like it on myself but I\u2019m not going to say I don\u2019t like it. My husband has a tattoo of my name on him
\n(Cuts in) What part of his body?
\nWhy must I tell you that (laughing profusely)? I\u2019m not gonna tell you where. I don\u2019t have problem with people wearing tattoos. I just think as an actress I should be able to play any character anytime. So I don\u2019t think it\u2019s wise to put a tattoo on me. It might just define me or confine me. I believe as an actress my body doesn\u2019t belong to me, so I don\u2019t like to do anything on it that will stop a character from excelling.
\nIs trading your private life the price for fame?
\nI don\u2019t think so. I think you can shield away to the best of your ability your private life. I really think you can. It\u2019s very hard. I think your private life being in the public will be ridiculed. If I don\u2019t want you to know anything about me, you wouldn\u2019t know. The only thing is that as you will keep ridiculing me in the process, i might get angry but I won\u2019t tell you. So it\u2019s possible to hide your private life. I\u2019m saying this for the advantage of the younger ones that are coming. It\u2019s possible. Just know that there is nothing in life that doesn\u2019t have its other side.
\nYou have to ask yourself questions like; is it a big deal for me to have my private life out there and I just save myself the trauma of anybody trying to figure me out? Or would I rather keep it private and allow everybody intruding to try and figure me out? Either ways they are gonna talk. Some people would be like I don\u2019t want all these bull sh*t talks, so I\u2019ll leave it open for them to see. It depends on the strategy you want. My point is, it\u2019s possible.
\nHow does your husband feel about you playing romantic roles, guess he\u2019s used to it by now?
\nYeah, he is. I think he\u2019s one in a million. I\u2019m mega blessed to have found him. I like to call him an entertainer coz anybody who\u2019s flowing with my husband will tell you he\u2019s an entertainer. I mean this chap is probably the only person you will fly with and you will remember the flight. He talks to the percentagers, he cracks jokes in the air, and people remember him for his landing. I\u2019ve had people come to me saying, tell your husband God bless him, I\u2019ve had the best flight experience in my life.
\nSo I call him show boy. That helps him to understand entertainment. He loves it and he adores entertainers. He knows the kind of life style that comes with entertainment, so he makes life very easy. He doesn\u2019t want me to do anything entertainment is not going to want me to do let me say it that way. He just pride himself in knowing the real me so keep that private to him and for him.
\nDon\u2019t the kids wonder why Mummy should be kissing another man when they watch your romantic scenes?
\nOh no. We don\u2019t let them look at such movies. They just look away. They know that\u2019s what I do and I don\u2019t discuss those kind of things with them because they are minor and they know that adults will do what adults have got to do. Whether mummy is doing it or not even other movies where kissing and those stuff are happening, they know they can\u2019t watch it. We are very strict parents, especially me.
\nWas your husband in the labour room during any of your deliveries?
\nAll through my four kids. I can\u2019t even imagine him not being there. He\u2019s a very good a hands-on dad. He\u2019s always there. Like my last baby had to be induced because my dilation was coming too slow at some point, so I was admitted in the hospital for two days before I delivered and he moved into the hospital with me, he went flying from the hospital. We are in it together now (laughs).
\nWith the rage of plane crashes, are you putting pressure on your husband to retire?
\nIf you know pilots very well, you\u2019ll realize that they\u2019re happiest when they\u2019re on air. I can\u2019t tell him not to fly. That\u2019s what he loves to do. I fly a lot too. It unfortunate that when planes crash, people talk about it a lot. But air transport is still the safest. there\u2019re lots of road crashes every day\u2026 my husband\u2019s been flying since he was 17, and he\u2019s one of the youngest captains Nigeria has ever had\u2026how can you stop him now?
\nBut why are there constant rumours that all is not well between you and your hubby?
\nI\u2019ve gotten to a stage when I don\u2019t bother about it anymore\u2026I\u2019ve been hearing that for the past 11 years. Time will tell. I only worry for people who see us as role models, who it may affect. Some people think we should go out more often\u2026 so people will see us together. But my husband doesn\u2019t like going out. He likes to fly, likes to read and sleep. Anything after 8pm.. He\u2019s already dosing off.
\nWhen you were single, what was the silliest thing you ever did with your man?
\nI had too many responsibilities when I was younger because I lost my dad when I was 12 and my mom automatically became like the father in the house and I became like the mother, so I had two brother that are way younger than me to take care of, so boys were not on my agenda. Though I did have friends I was dating and close to but it probably never went beyond holding hands and kissing. Nothing interesting.
\nYou still get passes from men right?
\nWhat do you think? (Bursts into laughter). Absolutely it happens. I don\u2019t have a quest for unnecessary riches. I am not a greedy person. I think most ladies that bow to pressure from men are greedy people. That\u2019s when somebody will entice you and you\u2019ll fall into a trap. When you start to worry about what people say, you\u2019ll get into trouble. Ladies are these days too driven. Not just about money, its about marriage too. They want to live up to society\u2019s expectation\u2026 you\u2019ll only be who you can be. I take my life a step at a time. I don\u2019t try to live a false life. I\u2019m not trying to impress nobody.
\nWhat\u2019s your relationship with your husband\u2019s family?
\nThe truth of the matter is I have never, God in heaven is my witness, I have never had any fracas, not even argument with anyone from my husband\u2019s family\u2026 they even send me things they think is good for my job\u2026 My mother in-law stays in the US, she sends me jewellery. She\u2019s a very cosmopolitan woman\u2026 she\u2019s on top of trends. She sends me beads and all that. My father in-law is the one I\u2019d have expected to be worried, but he\u2019s not even bothered\u2026he even harasses us for movies. So my in-laws are my fans. They\u2019re really great.
\nSo you don\u2019t see your \u2018Omosexy\u2019 going stale?
\nI\u2019m scared. Even people like Nkiru Anumudu, Florence Ita Giwa\u2026they all call me Omosexy. I was on a flight with a female pastor one day and she called me Omosexy\u2026at first I was fighting it\u2026but now I\u2019m used to it. That\u2019s the pet name my husband calls me \u2013 he calls me Omosexy and I call him honey boy, so when he bought me a jeep, the number plate was Omosexy\u2026that\u2019s it!
\nWith Beyonce\u2019s portrait on your wall, I can tell she\u2019s your favourite international artiste, right?
\nYeah, she\u2019s my number one and Madonna too though, as an extension. I grow every day. I\u2019m actually growing into myself. I totally love Beyonce, just like I like Justin Timberlake. I totally love them both. I love Beyonce\u2019s music and her personality. I don\u2019t easily like things. I don\u2019t even know about the similarities between her and myself. But I won\u2019t deny her.
\nI like her and I love her. I\u2019m not trying to be like her. She\u2019s Beyonce and I\u2019m Omotola. I write my own songs\u2026 people have just started giving me kudos for that. I\u2019ll even love for people to give me credit for that\u2026most singers don\u2019t write their own songs. I write from my heart. I feel my songs. It\u2019s an expression of what I felt when I was writing and recording those songs. so on stage I\u2019m myself when I\u2019m on stage\u2026 that\u2019s me and that\u2019s where I love to be. That\u2019s the truth. I hope to get better. I was recently listening to Janet Jackson\u2018s first album, I think mine is better. So I\u2019m consoled.
\nYou can\u2019t deny the fact that you\u2019re seen as a sex symbol
\nI can\u2019t deny it. I\u2019ve come to accept it. Few years back I was running away from it because I didn\u2019t want it to bring scandals, especially because I\u2019m married. I\u2019ve grown into it because people know the difference. They respect me and find me positive. I\u2019ve heard kids call me Omosexy and their parents don\u2019t tell them shut up. I was with the president recently and he called me Omosexy, and I was like, oh, that\u2019s cool. So you can be sexy and responsible. I hope I\u2019ve changed something\u2026
\nWhat thing would you never be caught doing?
\nNothing, one of my rules of life is never say never. I just believe that life is dynamic and you can\u2019t see beyond today. I don\u2019t know where God is taking me tomorrow. Life is about change. It\u2019s about new things. You live to see tomorrow. You live to see new things, so why kill the excitement before it happens. So I\u2019m always open to the next agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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