The year 2017 has been one of the toughest years actress, Omoni Oboli, has encountered...
First, she was slammed with a law suit
over her movie, ‘Okafor’s Law’ and while she was still smarting from
that episode, her father passed on.
Describing that period of her life as
one of the toughest moments in her career, the First Lady, as she is
fondly called, in a chat with Saturday Beats, opened up on how she survived it all.
She revealed that during that period,
she was plagued with panic attacks but for the strong support she got
from her family and friends, she could have gone nuts.
“‘Okafor’s Law’ is my best movie so far
and it is doing very well in the market and cinemas. But I would not
lie, the law suit that was slammed against me over the movie was a very
terrible experience. It was one of the toughest points in my career
coupled with the fact that my father died a few weeks after the whole
law suit saga ended. I felt that I was getting out of one problem to the
other and I just totally fell apart. I never doubted the success of the
movie but I just wanted the court to ensure that it was played across
the cinemas for the viewing pleasure of my fans.
“However, during that period, I realised
that when something bad happens, it may cause us to fall but you have
to pick yourself up because when there is life, there is hope. As long
as you are still breathing, things would always get better. I am a very
positive person and I have always believed that no matter how bad things
get, they would be better in time. The only person that can keep you
down is yourself. I tell myself that even if I have a scandal (God
forbid), I would step on it and move on, I would take off from there.
“During that period, my family really
stood by me. When I saw my husband and kids, I felt like the world was
better. I knew that as far as we were together, everything would be
fine. My girls were also unbelievable. During that time, my husband was
not around but a lot of women surrounded me. There were about four
ladies sleeping with me every day because it was that bad. I never knew
what panic attack meant till I encountered that experience,” she said.
Oboli further said that to avoid the
stress, she tried to settle out of court but the opposition was adamant
about heading to court.
“I tried to settle out of court not
because I was guilty, but I just did not want the stress. At a point, I
started to ask what everything was all about. Was it only about the
movie? I began to ask myself if it was worth what I was going through
because in the next five years, ‘Okafor’s Law’ would be one of the least
movies that I would do. I don’t hate the person that took me to court
because I am not wired that way. When I see them in court, I say hello
but I don’t know if we can ever be friends again. Right now, I am fine
and I am in a good place,” she said.
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