Big Brother Naija Lockdown winner Laycon has disclosed that his mother would have died if he had not won the reality show.
He stated this in an interview on the Echo Room podcast.
The reality TV star explained that his mother was ill while he was in the house and was close to death by the time he left.
He said the prize money from the win covered her medical treatment
Laycon added that finishing second would have left him unable to pay for the care she needed.
“When I was in the house, my mom was ill. By the time I came out, my mom was close to death. I’m saying it categorically now, if I did not win that show, if I had gone and come out second, my mom would be dead now”, he said.
Laycon also addressed his entry into film after the show. He said producers approached him for roles because of his popularity from BBNaija, not because they had seen him act.
“Before I went to film school, before I went back to university, so movie producers approached me, and I was like, oh, they told me how I did great in the house, they want me on this film, they want me on this project. And then, as me, wey, I, they always sit down and go think about why this person came to meet me for this thing. Number one, you haven’t seen me act. So I don’t think it’s because of my acting talent. I think it’s because it’s me. And you just want your movie to do numbers”, he said.
Speculating that he moved into scriptwriting and film due to struggles in music, Laycon said people hold different opinions about his choices across music, film, and education.
“Everybody would always have their opinion as to why people do what they do.
“And people would be like, shey na only you, na you win big brother, na you dey do music, na you dey do film, na you dey go to school because you no do well for music. It’s what people think”, he concluded.
