“How My Stage Name ‘Asewo To Re Mecca’ Has Brought Shame & Fame To Me” – Popular Actress Toyin Adegbola Open Up!
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Yoruba actress, Toyin Adegbola Popularly Known as Asewo To Re Mecca has
lamented the stigma she has had to contend with over the word ‘Asewo’
in her stage name!
In
an interview which she recent granted, the actress noted that over the
years, she has struggled with the irony of bearing a name, which brought
her fame yet has seen her explaining to her kids even when they were
teenagers why she is called a prostitute.
In the movie, the actress played the role of a repentant prostitute who embarked on holy pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
"Can
you believe that several years down the line and with three grown kids,
I am still being widely referred to as ‘Ajoke Asewo To Re Mecca’ or
‘Toyin Asewo To Re Mecca’ and despite many attempts at some point to
rename myself…I have termed the whole thing my destiny because sometimes
when I think about it, I just give praises and thanks to God, because I
wasn’t the only person who played the role of a notorious prostitute in
the movie.
In
fact, a beautiful colleague, Sola Sobowale was also in it. She
introduced me to prostitution but the name has only stuck with me
because that is the way God wanted it for me. I don’t have any problems
with the name because my children are all grown and they know it’s only a
moniker and not a true expression of their mother. I have been to
Jerusalem and I have done so well for myself, so it’s just a name that
comes with the job."
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