AS the award-winning actress is set to
air her much-talked about reality show, she has expressed anxiety over
its implication to her personality.
Jalade-Ekeinde says about the programme
to start on DSTV “Before now I thought people who got into reality TV
shows were those who reached the end of their careers as entertainers.
When the producers approached me, I thought perhaps my career was over.
But they told me they had done a lot of research and found out that
people wanted to know about me.’’
She adds, “If I sit down and tell you
that I am confident about this I would be lying to you. I am very
nervous about the show because everything about me is going to be in the
public domain now. I cannot talk myself out of the show. As it is
common with reality shows, you are going to see everything because
already there are parts in the show when I forgot and just let some
ugly aspects of my life show. If I tell the producers to edit those
parts out, they would refuse and say they want everything to be as real
as possible.
“So it is a project that may make or mar me. But life is all about risks. I would rather try and fail than not try at all.”
The actress also says she has signed a contract with UK-based Television network, OH TV,
for the first 13 episodes of the show. Stating that the producers have
agreed to allow the content to reflect only 10 per cent of her life with
her husband and the rest of her family, she adds that the remaining 90
per cent will dwell on her at work with friends and colleagues.
Chief Executive Officer of OH TV,
Akin Salami, describes the actress as a ‘‘quintessential African
woman,’’ noting that there are many women in Nollywood who would have
produced the drama needed for the show but they went instead for her.
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