Noted.

Real nigga shit

He is a complete fool ... Or maybe he had made lots of money and $10m is nothing to him.

But wait, Friday was the first part of the movie, Next Friday was the second, then Friday after next was the third. I thought I saw Chris in all three? Anyways that was a long time ago, I probably have forgotten. I read this same news several months ago here on Nairaland and I thought they wanted to make a fourth part, that was when he rejected, but by this news he rejected (Next Friday) looong ago? I don't understand.

Oops, just googled, he wasn't actually in the other two. He made the decision years ago then, we're just getting to know.

Eviana:
Definitely believers need to continue to keep Chris in our prayers.
Although, I've (believe it or not) never seen any of his smash-hit movies from decades ago--when I wasn't serious in my faith, I do know that he was extremely popular, attractive, and made multiple millions......in his "heyday". He's turned down much more than 10-12, considering the many other movie project offers that have come his way since being born-again.

There will always probably be a strong temptation to go back, but I hope he stays true to his convictions...
Having been in Hollywood, he's no doubt seen and done a whole lot.
For the truly born-again Christian, money isn't everything nor worth sacrificing morality and obedience to Christ. Some offers a Christian simply can NOT take with a clear conscience. High respect for Mr. Chris.

He's been set free...
John 8:36 (KJV)
"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."

P.S. Need to continue prayers for Kanye also ---who hasn't quite made a 100 percent choice to fully serve Christ. Heavy spiritual warfare on him.

Ms. Eviana

Well said

FarmTech:
How many Nigerian christians can do that? Rejecting N10 million dollars? That is one way people sell their soul to the devil. If you earn a living or make money by encouraging sin, you have sold your soul to the devil. No rituals is needed.

Matthew 13:41:
the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,

Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Luke 17:1-3
Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

Nigerian actors will even fall over themselves for the role and defend it as a way of showing how bad smoking weed is and use it to preach and teach and still pay tithe from the $10 million.
And go on to produce Good Friday.

Jashub:
Mark my words . Hollyweird will still come knocking .

Nothing wan tempt pass $10m. He has balls more than Buhari.
If he can turn down such amount, he can turn down any amount.
We need men with balls in this world!

DropsMic:
Lol.. He still curses and tells unnecessary lies in his stand up sha.

Someone that was talking about having sex with younger generations in one of his recent comedy.

There so many true Christians that still keep their faith irrespective of what it may cause them...though might not be popular like Chris Tucker but are doing exploit and breaking barriers in their own little ways...

This thing no be for mouth, nah for a serious commitment with great work behind the scene as backups...

It is not easy...many Christians you thought are they are still standing have falling long time ago...it is just a matter of time for you to really see their true colour...

Most of the time when I enter churches ...i say go myself that most of these church leaders have lower the standard practice and doctrines so that they can accommodate as many sinners as possible....now that have now attracted different people different levels ... it could have been better if we have so many fire-branded Christians in the churches who could be able to mentor those who were brought into the faith and align them to the standard practice but since most of them also have shaky-shaky faith, so they just align with them...and now, the people of the world are now influencing these churches ..what an irony of life ...

Speaking and dancing worldly is the norm in the chueches. where is the boundary..m?/

Dtruthspeaker:


N10mill is even too much. Yansh opens for 50k jobs and guys become devils to keep their 750k jobs.

No cap. Poverty makes resisting sin a herculean task.

It's his decision to make, like they alwaysl say, money is not everything. Materialism sometimes mislead ones heart into doing what's not good. I salute Chris Tucker's courage for what he did. Too many things wrong turning the world into a terrible place to be. Many young men and women are dying of hard drugs.

There are three great tests:
- The test of power,
- The test of self-righteousness, and
- The test of wealth.

FarmTech:
How many Nigerian christians can do that? Rejecting N10 million dollars? That is one way people sell their soul to the devil. If you earn a living or make money by encouraging sin, you have sold your soul to the devil. No rituals is needed.

Matthew 13:41:
the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,

Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Luke 17:1-3
Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

Naija Pastors and GOs will not turn such offer down.

Religious people are unreasonable people.

Probably suffering from some sort of mental illness.

Karleb:


Someone that was talking about having sex with younger generations in one of his recent comedy.

Poor guy gave up 10m because of religion and years later he went back to doing all the things the same religion forbade. Religion truly no be anybody mate.

I also turned down some cash to stay true to Orisha.

What's the big deal!

Some of you Christians create topics like you got worms in the skull 💀.

He decided to stay true to what he believes in.... So what's the big deal

FarmTech:
How many Nigerian christians can do that? Rejecting N10 million dollars? That is one way people sell their soul to the devil. If you earn a living or make money by encouraging sin, you have sold your soul to the devil. No rituals is needed.

Matthew 13:41:
the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,

Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Luke 17:1-3
Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

But the church ain't helping matters either. There are lots of talents that have left the church and "sold their soul" to the devil.

I've seen this, and see the problem it potends and I've kept brainstorming on how to remedy this situation myself....

But then, the church has been a harm than good in helping Christians not to fall to these kinds of path. If you are hungry, bro you'll accept any deal that'll put food on your table.... Food can make anyone do stuff and hey it ain't a test of faith either..... Its nature playing out.

What stops our churches to organize stuff that'll equip Christians and tend them ? Imagine tending the gift / talent / purpose of a man and he makes it in life without bowing to the Babylonian system ? In that case when you say God lifts, or one can make it without bowing, it'll be very easy to accept and already you got a witness cos he or she made it without bowing.

But if the church had put in place structure to aid believers in that path, such that we pour out our resources to celebrate good / futuristic girls, build on the talent of our guys, help our men by engaging their wives etc, we would have had our own world / sphere where the girls don't believe that you must sleep with someone or dress like deity (Beyonce, etc) to gain fame; the guys don't believe in getting so low as to bowing for idols just to hamma through yahoo+, the men don't hate their wives cos they are gainfully employed (and thereby helps faithfulness )......

But how can you bear witness when in the true sense you haven't handled an earth shattering breakthrough through your talent / gift ?

Even Abraham lied cos he didn't want to be killed....

How about our music ministers ? They never help upcoming.

See that guy that sang Beautiful day cover, how many gospel ministers came for him both in Nigeria or other country ? Now Sony have signed him. And would you expect him not to bow to the system ?

Its hard for individuals like Tucker. Now imagine those who haven't even made it, and as humans they want to be heard.

Tomorrow now, don jazzy will sign that sister / brother, or Akon will lend a helping hand or davido or wiskid and you'll expect the brother or sister to not go the other path ?

Like I said, I'm brainstorming to see how one can help. Maybe its my purpose maybe just me being concerned cos if I tell you how this thing Literally pains me, you will understand. Even with me listing it in detail here too, if you can see through, you'll get a glimpse.

I respect pastor Chris Oyakhilome on this as he helped gospel ministers (and now you can imagine, its a fact that lots of good songs keep flowing through those many people he gas raised, which should make one imagine what if he didn't come through, so these would have been used to worship satan instead ).

Imagine if our churches roll out billions to equip our members and sponsor their drives to make their mark even in the secular world.

And the church has the money. But what they may jot know is that it'll even bring more prosperity to the church.

Imagine if dangote was a believer or elon musk a genuine believer ? Can the church lack ?

This is what they don't know.

And greed. Their kids get well educated but they can't pretend they don't know the importance of education even to encourage researches.

And what's the result ? The church is praying for what ordinarily she can solve.

God has given the enablement.

FarmTech:
How many Nigerian christians can do that? Rejecting N10 million dollars? That is one way people sell their soul to the devil. If you earn a living or make money by encouraging sin, you have sold your soul to the devil. No rituals is needed.

Matthew 13:41:
the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,

Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Luke 17:1-3
Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

They'd gladly take that role in Nigeria. Haven't you heard of unknown Bishops who attended a politician's gathering after their palms had been rubbed, despite CAN body rejecting his same faith ticket ?

Jashub:
Mark my words . Hollyweird will still come knocking .

lo... they aint coming o. It was iceCube that offered that money. He said it himself on Twitter last year lol...

FarmTech:
How many Nigerian christians can do that? Rejecting N10 million dollars? That is one way people sell their soul to the devil. If you earn a living or make money by encouraging sin, you have sold your soul to the devil. No rituals is needed.

Matthew 13:41:
the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,

Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Luke 17:1-3
Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

So na righteousness 2 be farmtech?

Powers that be may come after him

FarmTech:
How many Nigerian christians can do that? Rejecting N10 million dollars? That is one way people sell their soul to the devil. If you earn a living or make money by encouraging sin, you have sold your soul to the devil. No rituals is needed.

Matthew 13:41:
the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,

Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Luke 17:1-3
Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

Even if we tell you how many Nigerians have done greater than this, people will still insult them.

In my own opinion, I will say I have turned down way more than this if you do some calculations😁

Calculations as in how much is $10m to Chris Talkers networth and how much is the Naira I have turned down compared to my networth?

Abi you think say na everybody devil fit tempt with $10m 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Abi you want make devil broke🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Even oyedepo and oritsejafor didn't turn down Jonathan commission to ferry money to south Africa, Nigeria is indeed a country

FarmTech:
How many Nigerian christians can do that? Rejecting N10 million dollars? That is one way people sell their soul to the devil. If you earn a living or make money by encouraging sin, you have sold your soul to the devil. No rituals is needed.

Matthew 13:41:
the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,

Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Luke 17:1-3
Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

stano2:
Nice, but i was seriously expecting FRIDAY 2 honestly.

See this one film whey dem release since con add ' Friday after next'

Who go come act am now?
They need to clone Chris Tucker be dat na.

And some hungry Atheists in this Forum will be forming woke..let alone believing that Jesus is Lord.. confused bigots Atheists

Satan never gives up.

FarmTech:
By Mel Johnson

Actor and comedian Chris Tucker today is a Christian celebrity devoted to his faith. So, when he received an offer for a film conflicting with his Christian beliefs, Chris turned it down even though it cost him $10 million!

Many recognize Chris Tucker from the Rush Hour movies he starred in with Jackie Chan. But some may also remember him from the R-rated 1995 film Friday.

Friday told the story of two marijuana-smoking friends and ended up grossing $27 million. But not long after appearing in the film, Chris gave his heart over to Jesus.

Chris Tucker Today Keeps His Comedy Clean
Becoming a born-again Christian changed the types of movie roles Chris Tucker would consider and it also impacted his stand-up comedy.

"I never was a raunchy, raunchy comic but I didn't think about what I was saying because I was young," he said.

As a comedian, Chris Tucker today keeps his stand-up clean and free of foul language. And though some comics might see that as too challenging, Chris believes it actually makes him better at his craft.

“Being a Christian helps me in comedy. I have to talk about other stuff,” he explained.
“Normally, most comics talk about stuff that's easy-maybe cussing or saying something raunchy. I have to dig deeper to find something that's still funny and not raunchy. It's harder. I like the challenge.”

Chris Tucker Turns Down Next Friday Role
Accepting Christ means turning away from the ways of this world and choosing to live in a way that honors Jesus. And this crossroads came for Chris Tucker after giving his life over to the Lord.

When Ice Cube, Chris’ co-star from the film Friday, approached him about filming Next Friday, Chris shocked him by turning the role down.

“We were ready to pay Chris Tucker $10-12m to do Next Friday, but he turned us down for religious reasons,” Ice Cube revealed on social media. “He didn’t want to cuss or smoke weed on camera anymore.”

Chris Tucker today is a different man than when he first appeared in the movie, Friday.

And because the message of the film didn’t align with his Christian values, he knew turning down a role in the sequel was the right thing to do, no matter what it cost him.

“One of the reasons why I didn’t do the second one [was] because of the weed,” he said. “Because I said, ‘Man, that movie became a phenomenon. … I don’t want everybody smoking weed.’... It probably was good for me [to turn it down] because it kept me moving, you know, to the next phase and next movies. But that was one of the reasons. I said I didn’t want to … get everybody smoking weed.”

Way to go Chris! It’s great to see a person with such strong values in Hollywood!

https://www.godupdates.com/chris-tucker-today-christian-celebrity

I don't doubt that Chris tucker's life as a Christian influenced his content as a comedian, but him turning down next Friday because of his faith?

That's just BooShit, utter rubbish.......Do your research, Chris tucker turned down Next Friday because he committed himself to the Rush Hour franchise and his role in that franchise wasn't all that "Religious"!!

The actors where paid peanuts for Friday......

Chris was only paid $10,000 to do Friday and it was a hit!!

Faizon love was paid only $2,500....

The executive producer of the movie (Ice-cube) didn't even bother to offer Chris and some of his Co-stars extra cash for their work there, despite the fact that it was a low budget movie that brought in bucks, over $27million in box office.....(that may seems small but for a movies produced by a gangstar rapper back in the day, it was considered successful).

When the time came to do the sequel next Friday, Ice Cube offered to double their pay up to scale, double $2,500, how much is that $5,000? Double up $10,000 up to scale for Chris and tell me how much he will make.....?

It was Faizon love that convinced Chris to take up a role in Rush hour for a whooping $3million dollars eventually cornering over $50million from the sequel, while Faizon love went on to act in the replacements for a $100,000......

Chris in my opinion only made that statement out of respect for ice cube because Friday shot Chris Tucker into Hollywood limelight and it would be Disrespectful for a brother to turned down another over cash in the hood.

Chris Tucker's role as Smokey was key to the movies success and endearment to fans, so when Next Friday was announced, fans wanted Chris Tucker in it.....

They only offered him $10million hoping he will give Next Friday a rethink and ditch the Rush Hour sequel........

Which blackman will ditch a Hollywood movie with a co star like Jackie Chan and a host of others, with a box office opening of $240m that paid you $3million for the first movie in a sequel, to feature in a movie sequel that paid you $10,000 on the first movie and the executive producer only offered you $10million hoping it will entice you to break a commitment you have for a Hollywood blockbuster series!!!??

I leave that question to the Nairaland panel of judges.......

Weied is like every other drug , if u say u will not take it because of your religion then u better stop taking sleeping tablets, when I had my nose surgery part of the medication given to me was cokee ,because it's a very good anaesthetic, should I refuse surgery because of that ? Definitely not,everything is a drug just that some people abuse it

Dtruthspeaker:


N10mill is even too much. Yansh opens for 50k jobs and guys become devils to keep their 750k jobs.

Abeg hook me up with babes wey go collect them 50k jobs abeg...