‘Them no dey toast me o.’ – Dakore Egbuson-Akande Spills on Secrets to Youthful Looks, Getting Passes From Younger Men & More

The Nollywood actress and mum of two girls is no doubt a yummy mummy. She opened up on the secrets to her youthful looks, getting passes from younger and older men, her background, motherhood and more in a chat with New Telegraph. Read excerpts below.

On secrets to her youthful looks

“…I drink green tea every day. It’s the best. It cleanses your system and it’s an antioxidant. I’m a tea drinker, I love it more than coffee. I do herbal tea sometimes like peppermint for digestion. I exercise and I do a lot of health stuffs and I take multivitamin supplements. I want to stay young in physique and at heart…I never wanted to look like somebody’s mother yet.”

On getting passes from much younger guys

“Them no dey toast me o. Them dey mad? They know this is not a girl. There is a way you’d see a woman that’s slim, trim, fair and fine but you’d also realise this woman isn’t my mate. They know, so they don’t come near me. Yes, we could say ‘hi’ from a distance and that’s as far as it goes.”

On getting passes from older men

“They’re not that bold. They know I’m married. Look at these rings (she thrust forward her finger) and you’d know they’re big enough. There’s no way you’d just want to do that. After seeing the rings there’s no way you wouldn’t lose the courage even if you’d mustered it before. They just feel, ‘I can’t compete with that’ which is great. Kudos to Mr. Akande!”

On motherhood

“…I was 33 when I had my first child and it slowed me down whereas I used to be very swift and bubbly. I’m so happy that I have both of them by and large. They keep me young and that’s why people tell me you look 18. I run and play around with them and it keeps me in touch with that childish part of me. They’re amazing and are the best. My daughter just graduated from a nursery school yesterday (June 10). I saw her and was like, look at my baby. She’s four. She’s so smart.”

On having more kids

“For now, I’m fine with my two kids. It’s not easy.”

On her background

“When I was growing up, because I’m the first child, my mother was on my case because I had three brothers and a sister behind me. She taught me to be polite, to learn to respect and all that. And it was all overwhelming on me, but I thank God for all she taught me now. Now those teachings had carried me through my career, you’d never hear ‘oh she’s rude’, that upbringing is so important but unfortunately it’s lacking in some of our youths today. They feel like the world owes them something. I was never raised that way. So, maybe at a time I hated my mum for shouting at me and say I should not go out , but I’m glad today that she did that because I wasn’t on the streets as it were. Even when I was in the university, I was able to handle myself. My family pedigree was also there to protect. Nobody likes to hear the truth but I’m glad that I did.”

On keeping her wedding anniversaries away from social media

“I just don’t want to be putting our stuffs out like that. Marriages nowadays, my mother always say, ‘cover your yam and how you’re eating it’. Like on his birthday, I just do maybe some posts on Instagram but we like to celebrate anniversaries in-house with the kids. We’ve been together for 10 years but married for six years.”