- Actress Stella Udeze addresses the root cause of actresses’ relationship woes:.
- Stella Udeze highlights how this perception breeds trust issues within relationships, with many men assuming actresses are unfaithful.
- She calls for a shift in mindset, urging people to differentiate between the good and the bad, rather than painting all actresses with the same brush.
Nollywood actress Stella Udeze has opened up on the underlying reasons behind the unhappiness and short lifespan of relationships among Nigerian actresses.
Stella Udeze attributes these challenges not to the actresses themselves but to the prevalent perception of women in Nollywood, which often unfairly labels them as prostitutes.
Speaking to Potpourri in an exclusive chat, Stella Udeze emphasized that 80 percent of men in Nigeria hold the belief that being an actress equates to being a prostitute.
This perception, she argues, contributes significantly to trust issues in relationships involving actresses.
“Some actresses don’t seem to have a happy relationship because of trust issues. In Nigeria, 80 percent of men feel that being an actress makes you a prostitute,” Stella Udeze explained.
She further elaborated on the detrimental impact of such stereotypes, noting that while actresses are indeed exposed to the world due to the nature of their profession, it is unfair to generalize and label them solely based on their career choice.
“They should learn to differentiate the good from the bad. We can’t deny the fact that we are exposed to the world. I think when people stop to have this impression about them they will realize we can have the best relationships,” Stella Udeze added.
In other news, Nollywood actor Daniel Etim Effiong has provided an explanation for why, in contrast to their male counterparts, female actors do not solicit donations from the general public.
According to him, men are expected to be “quick to rise to women’s needs” in society, but when a guy is faced with difficulties, he usually finds a solution on his own until he reaches a breaking point at which he has no other option than to seek for help from the public.
A man’s money, according to Effiong, is for his entire family, but a woman’s money is mostly for herself.
