Nollywood actress Mo Bimpe has fired back at trolls who spread fabricated claims about the paternity of her triplets. This comes after a viral post falsely alleged that her husband, Lateef Adedimeji, had filed for divorce after a DNA test on the children.
Lamenting that she has endured personal attacks online for years, the moviestar declared that what she won’t tolerate is false stories involving her innocent children.
Mo Bimpe added that she won’t hesitate to take legal action if the false allegations continue.
Her words, “I don’t want to hear ‘justice for your stupid’ ready for you! You silly trolls have constantly trolled me on these platforms for years & I’ve been quiet, but what I wouldn’t take is you bringing your stupidity to my children!!! Be warned! I won’t hesitate to take the right actions if need be.
It’s the nerve to post fake/AI pictures together with fabricated lies for me! Such effrontory…”
Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.
The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.
Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.
Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.
