{"id":350994,"date":"2011-03-31T06:57:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T06:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/jim-iyke-quotes-of-attitude\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T06:57:20","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T06:57:20","slug":"jim-iyke-quotes-of-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/jim-iyke-quotes-of-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Iyke:  Quotes of attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"60\">\n<p>                  \t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=QWZyaWNhbi1Nb3ZpLmpwZw==';\" class=\"img1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1d5da75bimage.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>jim-iyke-and-Nse-Ikpe-Etim<\/p>\n<p><!-- news_468x60 --><br \/>\n<br \/>A major minus of the award ceremony was the erratic behaviour of the show\u2019s co-presenter, Jim Iyke, whose cringe-worthy performance included homophobic and sexist remarks. At one point, he told co-host, actress Nse Ikpe-Etim to \u201cshut up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d When in onstage banter he asked her to come to his room later and she asked what for, he replied, \u201cYou\u2019re a Calabar girl, you should know, now!\u201d Forgetting he was in front of an international gathering of the liberal arts for a show telecast live on Africa Independent Television (AIT), Iyke had earlier gone off on a tangent about gays and their \u201cweird\u201d ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is something wrong. It\u2019s just wrong.\u201d It was left to Ikpe-Etim to say, \u201cOkay, that\u2019s enough. I must apologise for my colleague. There is nothing wrong with being happy.\u201d But she could only smile powerlessly as the actor\u2019s behaviour degenerated further onstage, reading his notes with dark shades on; and ranting about anything from an ill-timed defence of Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde\u2019s weight to women \u201cpopping pills\u201d to stay slim.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=amltLWl5a2UtYW5kLU5zZS1Ja3BlLUV0aW0uanBn';\" class=\"img1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/870f1a36image.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>jim-iyke-and-Nse-Ikpe-Etim<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <span>Do you have a story\/gist for publication? Please email it to story@nigeriafilms.com   <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1d5da75bimage.aspx_-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/11149\/7\/jim-iyke-quotes-of-attitude.html\" title=\"Jim Iyke:  Quotes of attitude\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Iyke:  Quotes of attitude<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> jim-iyke-and-Nse-Ikpe-Etim A major minus of the award ceremony was the erratic behaviour of the show\u2019s co-presenter, Jim Iyke, whose cringe-worthy performance included homophobic and sexist remarks. 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