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How pretending not to understand Yoruba helped me date twin sisters simultaneously in boarding school — Actor David Oyelowo reveals

Award-winning British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo has shared a hilarious story about his time at a boarding school in Nigeria, revealing how he pretended not to understand Yoruba while secretly listening to everything happening around him.

Speaking during an interview, Oyelowo said he spoke Yoruba fluently while growing up but decided to hide that fact when he attended boarding school in Nigeria as a teenager.

According to him, his foreign accent made many of his classmates assume he could not understand the language, and he used that misconception to his advantage.

“It was like being the invisible man,” the actor said, explaining that students freely spoke around him in Yoruba, unaware that he understood every word.

Oyelowo recalled overhearing conversations about himself, including girls discussing their feelings for him. He said some would pretend not to like him while saying the exact opposite in Yoruba.

The actor jokingly revealed that the situation even led to him dating twins at the same time, a confession that left the interviewer stunned and laughing.

He also admitted to hearing classmates gossip and sometimes speak negatively about him in the dormitory, but said he had the discipline to keep his secret throughout his two years at the school.

The biggest surprise came on his final day. Oyelowo said he went around speaking Yoruba to everyone before leaving, leaving his classmates shocked after discovering that he had understood their conversations all along.

“Their faces,” he recalled with laughter, describing the priceless reactions he received after finally revealing the truth.

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Omoh,see achievement

The fact that You squeezed the hell out of two wayward sisters while pretending not to understand your dialect is indeed a great achievement

One of my favorite actors...


I especially liked him in the no. 1 lady's detective agency the Botswana movie where he played the randy Casanova.


Coincidentally, that's also his first movie I saw!

The same thing happened while I was in the UAE, there's the Ghanian man in my compound, he never acted like he understood Yoruba. Not until the day he was packing out, he just spoke a very fluent and clear yoruba, I felt like the ground should swallow me, my head was processing a million things at the same time, trying to remember if I had ever said anything bad about him or his wife

Scammolala ^^^

The first movie I saw him was Silo. Good actor. Waiting for season 3

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One of my favorite actors...


I especially liked him in the no. 1 lady's detective agency the Botswana movie where he played the randy Casanova.


Coincidentally, that's also his first movie I saw!

He is a brilliant actor. Watched many of his brilliant movies

Make this a movie although we've seen this story line before


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Sonnobax15:

Omoh,see achievement

The fact that You squeezed the hell out of two wayward sisters while pretending not to understand your dialect is indeed a great achievement

His achievements in life...no person for ur generation do 10% ...not an insult...but fact

yoruba l'agba, yoruba l'oba. Proudly OKIJA LAND MAN

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Lol
You go explain to your wife tire after you reach home. In fact, the explanation will be every minutes, hours and everyday some something.

Mine was Hausa and Yoruba language while on a transit several times.

Lemao actually pretending not to understand Yoruba is a big flex,... Just because I can relate though

This one is strong o.
Just Imagine

Sonnobax15:

Omoh,see achievement

The fact that You squeezed the hell out of two wayward sisters while pretending not to understand your dialect is indeed a great achievement

May we not give birth to wayward and senseless children, especially girls. A female child without sense is a walking dumpster for the male folks.

Ah ah. Mr actor, keep acting. You were 12 years old and dated two sisters at a time

Sonnobax15:

Omoh,see achievement

The fact that You squeezed the hell out of two wayward sisters while pretending not to understand your dialect is indeed a great achievement

Why you hate women like this? You no get wife or girlfriend ni?

Oh God imagine a married man flexing that on camera sha

Gives insight to the somewhat Narcissistic behaviour.
The evolution of it.

callmetade:
Oh God imagine a married man flexing that on camera sha

Ah ah. That was in the past na.

datola:
Ah ah. That was in the past na.

so why does he need to talk about it,.. even him said he will have to explain to his wife... He should have thought about that before talking about it in the first place. Feelings are real... Tomorrow now if his wife go and fxck another dick now he will be on SM crying like a baby.

Good for him but hope that didn't hunt him

Real Yoruba demon

I no fit forget ola back then In secondary school

Dude short but they chase girls way big pass am

The kind of nonsense that comes out of the so called adult is very shameful and no substance. I sorry 4 this guy gan. Pele

Sonnobax15:

Omoh,see achievement

The fact that You squeezed the hell out of two wayward sisters while pretending not to understand your dialect is indeed a great achievement

Go watch the whole thing on One 54

it's entertaining

don't hate bro

He attended Lagos state model college in Meiran alagbado lagos

This is the generation that complains of GenZ.
You will think GenZs invented sin until you put a microphone to their mouths. Then they start talking all sorts of nonsense.

I can't take this dude seriously:

1. His wife is an oyinbo.
2. He's done/said some questionable things during the George Floyd situation.

It's interesting when you look at photos of his family. The kids always seem to cling to him as if they can't stand their mother. Furthermore, it appears his eldest son is correcting the lineage. He's engaged to her:

One of my greatest regret in life is not being able to speak Yoruba despite spending some time in three Yoruba states.

A smart producer of Yoruba films should quickly reach out to him to offer him a major role

I lived with an Hausa man and pretended I didn’t understand a single word for a whole 3 years.

Till I left the apartment the man do not know I understood every single word he gossiped with his wife. Fortunately they were very nice people and never said any bad word about anyone.