James Ikechukwu Esomugha, the Nollywood actor popularly often known as Jim Iyke, has addressed public misconceptions about him.
In a recent Instagram post, the 47-year-old Gabon-born movie star expressed consolation with public perceptions of him as a villain.
Iyke, who’s from Ogwugwu village in Enugwu-Agidi city of Anambra, nevertheless, burdened that he is not going to compromise his ideas, even when it means being misunderstood.
Within the submit befitting of a poet, the actor mentioned his determination to face by his values has helped form his profession.
“I’ve grown extraordinarily comfy being the villain in some individuals’s tales. Maybe too comfy, I’m afraid,” he mentioned.
“Many instances, the traces between fallacious and proper blur in these narratives. I’m joyful as at all times to dispense with my aspect of it. My recourse is to distance myself from the grandstanding and theatrics.
“Typically, I’m too fast to construct a wall earlier than I compromise my ideas and ideologies. It’s what solid who I’m. It’s what evokes what I’m to grow to be.
“One factor is for certain: it’s essential to belief individuals to be who they’re. Solely the unwise are taken without warning when persons are who they’re. It’s the solely component within the human attribute I belief. Shock will not be my sturdy swimsuit.
“I do know who I’m. The moon will flip purple earlier than I’m who am not. I’m gentle to many. Others, I’m what their insecurities amplify.
“I’m hated for it. I’m beloved for it. In both occasion, I’m unapologetically comfy. It’s a consequence of what aspect of the fence you sit. There’s a BLACK in everybody of us.”
Iyke started appearing in 1998. As of October 2013, he was one of many highest-paid actors in Nollywood, he has appeared in over 150 movies.
He has acquired a number of awards and recognitions for his expertise.
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