Not many people knew that for the past 7 years, there was no love lost between screen divas, Omotola Jolade- Ekeinde and Genevieve Nnaji.
Although, they may have acted in few movies together, in real life, they were sworn enemies. But City People can authoritatively tell you that the 2 pretty actresses have ended the age long rift between them.Even though no one can state who brokered the peace reconciliation. Their new friendship status became glaring at the Launch of the former beauty queen, Nike Oshinowo- Soleye new Fitness DVD which held recently at the Medici restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Even though they both sauntered into the event venue at different times, but they exchanged pleasantries when they sighted each other and ended up sitting together on the same table, something that won’t have happened in the previous years as one of them would have left the table for the other. Not only that, they even took pictures together and chatted all through their stay at the event.
And that was a big surprise for any one who has been following the career of these 2 actresses and what have transpired between the past in time past.
The rivalry between the 2 actresses started over movie roles and the contention between them who is Nigeria’s biggest screen diva after Liz Benson and Regina Askia quit the stage some years ago. Their rift heightens in 2003 with the emergence of Genevieve as the hottest and most sought after actress in Nigeria. It grew worse when their fan started adjudging who the biggest screen diva was, while Genevieve reigned, Omotola friends and fans were always eager to pass remarks on the Imo state born movie queen describing her as a “hustler’ and other uncomplimentary terms to qualify her.
And to worsen the situation, Genevieve grabbed most of the leading roles in the movie industry, leaving Omotola trailing behind between 2002 and 2004.
And as Genevieve kept moving up the ladder, Omotola increased her appearance fees movies and became the first in that category to earn above N800,000. Genevieve later caught up with Omotola and in 2003, both ran neck-to-neck earning between a fee of Nl million and N1.3 million. Again, Genevieve broke the tie when she grabbed N3 million to do a semi-nude movie which also featured Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD); a whopping Nl.5 million above what Omotola received in 2002 to star in the controversial flick, "The Prostitute.”
It was also rumored in between their fight that popular Nollywood producer, Tchidi Chikere, who has also been linked to a lot of Nollywood actress played up the rivalry between the 2 actresses. Tchidi settled for Genevieve in his major flicks, but a year later, Tchidi was said to have shifted his choice from Genevieve to Omotola not knowing that the duo were having any clash and Genny didn’t have a choice but to accuse Omotola of using extra means to become Tchidi Chikere choice.It was also alleged that it was this good looking producer who paid Omotola Jolade the first N800,000 and also set the war between the two screen goddess.
City People also gathered that the Face of Lux deal which the dark complexion beauty clinched also fueled the cold war between the duo, as they were both contracted for the project alongside Ex- Beauty Queen, Sylvia Edem, Face of Africa, Oluchi Onwegbele. Oluchi was dropped along the line because her fee was very high. Eventually the company picked Genevieve as the suitable candidate for the project and this deal contributed immensely to Omotola disdain for Genevieve Nnaji. To worsen the issues, Omotola’s supporters were always quick to point out that Omo Sexy is the better of the 2 with her stunning figure even after 4 kids.
The competition became stiff when they both went into music after their ban from the movie industry for few years. Though Genevieve released her album into the market before Omo Sexy, but Omosexy claimed she was doing an underground job and didn’t have any idea that Gene too had such plans. A lot of people were of the opinion that Omotola came out with a better album and also featured other notable artistes while Genny’s album was a total flop and this also gave Omo Sexy an upper hand
But all these are in the past now have they had both decided to embrace each other and move on which was evident at the event where they were both sighted recently. It was a case of 2 jolly friends who are excited to see each other.
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