Pretty Yoruba
actress, Laide
Bakare has been in
the news lately due
to her acquisition of
expensive
automobiles,
especially SUVs. In
fact, as at the last
count, she has four
wonder-on- wheels conspicuously parked in her garage.
And this has set tongues wagging about her source of
sudden wealth, with many alleging that the married mother
of one, must be dating some money bags (Sugar Daddies).
Others even accused her of romancing the immediate past
governor of Oyo State, Alao Akala.
In this interview with, the Theatre Arts graduate of the
University of Ibadan, spoke on the above allegations and
her source of wealth.
Bakare, also opened up on her cold war with Bisi Ibidapo
Obe and many more. Enjoy.
You are a very pretty woman, don’t men disturb you
for affairs regardless of your marital status?
One thing you must know is that not everybody that likes
you as a person would want to date you. Some just want to
be friends and that’s all . Most of them know that I am
married. Even if they are crazy about me, they should know
that I am married. Actually, there is nothing to talk about
them. Besides, it is not everybody that has access to me , so
they can only admire me from a distance.
It is only family and friends that have access to knowing me
better. Anyway, it is good for people to like what you do,
appreciate you and learn one or two lessons from your
movies.
Aside your fans, how about top society men who ‘spoil’
our actresses with money, have you been in such
situation?
Well, I see no big deal in that. As long as one is a lady, men
of different calibres will always come around you. I just
don’t see it as anything but the lady has to take a stand; if
you are not available, then you are not. Things have
changed a lot now, unlike the good old days when such
things are seen as taboo and shouldn’t be talked about. if a
man asks you out, it is just a matter of mutual
understanding, just talk it over and that’s that.
It is being rumoured that the fleet of SUVs you cruise in
was bought by one of your sugar daddies, how true is
that?
Lot of stories are going around, I must say. But anyway,
that’s Nigeria for you. Our African mentality. We tend to
bring up issues at the slightest occurrence. As for me, I
don’t know where this particular one emanated from.
Maybe because I have four SUVs and other normal cars so
they believe that someone out there must have bought them
for me.
Well, my love for big cars like Jeeps is not questionabale
because that is what I inherited from my father.
While growing up, my father buys big automobiles a lot
and also drives us around in them. And while we are in
these vehicles, I also hear them talk about the latest Jeep in
town, its features and stuffs like that. So since then, I just
fell in love with big cars. I also travel a lot, when I go to
America and I see the car that I like , I just go for it and
send to Nigeria. And I bought them all with my money.
So you are saying that there was no time anybody
bought you a car?
It doesn’t matter. But I just can’t get a car for a gift, it is
not possible. I bought the four SUVs and the Honda car
with my own money.
Which of them did the former Governor of Oyo State,
Alao Akala buy for you?
I honestly don’t know where all those stories are coming
out from. Nothing of such happened. He didn’t buy me
anything.
Back to acting , you once had a fight with Saheed
Balogun on stage, what caused the fight?
Ha! I am just hearing that for the first time. You know you
journalists hear things we don’t even know existed. Saheed
Balogun is a big brother to me in the industry, so I see no
reason to pick a fight with him. I address him as my big
brother.
What challenges do you encounter as an actress?
The only time I had challenges was when I was in the
university. It was not easy struggling with education and
work. Struggling with my education and the birth of my
baby was also a challenge.
At a time, I needed to leave school to go and have my baby
so, all those things were challenging. I had to travel out of
the country to meet my husband and then come back. I was
always going out and coming in.
What has being famous deprived you?
A whole lot o! I just want to be as free as possible. Go
clubbing, dance like I want to, drink and just be free Laide.
Move around freely, jog around, and go to some places . I
cant do that anymore because of my fame. It is really eating
deep into me. Same reason I will not allow my kids to be
popular.
Any regrets so far being in the limelight?
No! Not all. Because in everything I give thanks to God.
Where I am today, I never planned for it but God in his
infinite mercies has been seeing me through.
Insiders are alleging that there is a rumoured cold war
between you and Bisi Obe-Ibidapo?
I hardly meet her, in fact we hardly see. I have no business
with Bisi. She is just a colleague and not a friend.
Maybe journalists might have seen us at events snub each
other but that doesn’t mean we have a rift. We are neither
friends or enemies.
If the acting of a movie brings us together, we’ll do our
work and go our separate ways.
I have lots of them like that in the industry. I am the kind
of person that choose my friends and not the other way
round. I am a reserved person and I don’t have too much
people around me as friends but few of them.
Like you said, you travel a lot and also has a very tight
schedule, how then do you strike a balance between
your job and the home front?
It is God. I won`t talk about my family because that’s what
I so much cherish. I so much treasure my daughter and my
husband. I treasure them a lot. I avoid anything that will
affect them. I don’t want to have problems with my family.
I don’t want to put them in the public eyes. I would rather
keep it to myself. I don’t talk about my family. They are
strictly private.
Yes! My husband loves me and supports what I do. He
encourages me in every way he can.
Source- www.talkofnaija.com

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