Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi has again come under fire over her praises for her colleague and long-time friend, Kehinde Bankole, as she bagged an award at the just concluded AMVCA ceremony.
Kemi Filani reported that at the 10th edition of the award ceremony, Kehinde Bankole beat other contending nominees to win the Best Lead Actress for her phenomenal role in Adire. This would be the second time the movie star has won the Best Actress title as she first won it in 2015.
In an online video, Toyin was hailing Kehinde following her win, declaring her the best actress in Africa. The video captured Kehinde in the centre as Toyin rounded her, singing her praises.
Many netizens opined that the wife of Kolawole Ajeyemi was happy because her rival, Funke Akindele, didn’t win any award at the award ceremony.
One I Am Bibi Adeyemo wrote, “Toyin is happy because Funke didn’t win.
One Saint URL wrote, “Toyin Abraham is really biased
One Busayo Miii wrote, “The ranting isn’t necessary
One Baby Rowland wrote, “Alabosi just full this industry
One Oludayo wrote, “Toyin is still feeling hurt by this response, “Toyin baby, all the best’.
One Peter King Solomon wrote, “Chasing clout around. Toyin go sidon
One Seafood Villa wrote, “Thank God Funke didn’t fall for the yeye write-up she made the other day. Oju aye la ba ni be
One Mhiz Tomi wrote, “Now she’s overdoing it probably because of Funke
One Esther Ade wrote, “Toyin and eye service, her envy for Funke is eating her up so bad”.
After the AMVCA, Toyin had fueled the rivalry between her and Funke Akindele after she penned a note to the Executive Head of Multichoice, Bisola Tejumola, following the 10th, describing this year’s event as the best and realest. Appreciating her, she stated that she did well and expressed love for her.
Her post didn’t sit well with many who assumed she was taking a dig at her rival, Funke, who lost all her nominations and as such, they stormed her comment section to drag her mercilessly. Following the hate comments, Toyin Abraham deleted the post.
It is no longer news that there have been years of rivalry between the two screen goddesses, Toyin Abraham and Funke Akindele, as they have both dominated the TV screen for years and are still doing so.
However, the two ladies settled their differences last year as Toyin Abraham celebrated Funke on her birthday, and she reciprocated. Toyin had also attended Funke Akindele’s movie premiere, which further shut down rumours of animosity between the box office Queens.
Last week, Toyin penned an open letter to Funke, speaking about how fan wars caused their unnecessary feud and congratulated her for achieving the one billion landmark in the cinema. Funke reacted to the post, wishing Toyin all the best.
She later reignited movie battle with Funke after she teased her newest project, a sequel to her popular movie, Alakada, which will premiere in December. The news left many divided as some noted how the actress was following in the footsteps of her rival, Funke Akindele, who announced a week before her that she was releasing a sequel to her hit movie, Jenifa.
Later, she shared a cryptic post, stating that no one is perfect, as she noted how people make mistakes. However, they get up, learn, grow, move on and live.
