Comic Actor, Mr Ibu Reacts To Daughter’s Engagement And Upcoming Wedding To Man She Met On TikTok Two Months Ago
Popular Nollywood comic actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu has reacted to the news of her daughter, Jasmine, getting married to the man she met on Tiktok two months ago.
A few days ago, Jasmine took to her page to share a TikTok video to announce her engagement as she also announced that she will be getting married to her US-based lover this month and she’s all excited to settle down with him.
The newly engaged referred to her fiancee as her “TikTok gifter”. According to her, a real man doesn’t waste the time of the lady he wants to spend his forever with and that’s exactly what her lover has done and has traveled to Africa for the first time just to marry her and spend forever with her.
Reacting to the news, Mr Ibu in an interview with PUNCH said Jasmine is not her biological daughter but he trained her. For the actor, he has no problem with the new development as he has been looking forward to Jasmine’s marriage.
In his words:
“She is not my biological daughter but I trained her. She calls me daddy and I call her daughter. I am okay with it (her getting married). I have been praying for them and I will keep on doing that.
“Man and woman got to know each other one day. It is a gradual process. However, I don’t want to see tears.”
Insisting that he does not want any of his children to bear a resemblance to him, he said,
“God forbid that my children look like me. There must be something wrong with any of my children who decides to resemble me.”
Speaking on his experience in the early days of his career, the comedy actor said,
“My experience in the industry has been nice but in the course building my career, I encountered a lot of bad people. I was beaten publicly several times because of the roles I have played. I have also received slaps for free but those incidents did not get me angry.”
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Asked if he agrees with those who say entertainers should stop campaigning for politicians if they cannot tell them the truth about the plight of the masses when it matters, Mr Ibu said,
“(I am) completely okay (with it). I have rejected many invitations to be part of the campaigns of politicians. Any politician that does not have the interest of the people at heart should not be voted for.
“Many of them (politicians) will use every language they know to get on the good side of the public and get their votes. But, when they get into office, they would not give the public what they promised. That is why it is hard for me to go for campaigns. I walked into (Bola) Tinubu’s own. I was told he called us for a meeting. I walked in and saw a campaign going on.”