Bamike Olawunmi, the Big Brother Naija reality star and actress, who is popularly known as Bambam, has said the issue of ‘s*x for roles’ in the Nigerian movie industry is a “scam”.
According to her, filmmakers used it to exploit overzealous young actresses and often end reneging on their promises of giving them major roles after sleeping with them.
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Speaking in the latest episode of the Secrets Behind the Scenes podcast, Bambam recalled how a producer gave her keys to his hotel room after casting her in a cameo role.
She urged aspiring actresses not to fall prey of ‘s*x for roles’, stressing that it is not worth it.
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She said, “S*x for roles is a scam. It’s not worth it. Some of them [victims] what they are paying them at the end of that production is not more than N50,000, N100,000. Don’t be deceived o! It’s a lie. It [s*x for role] is a scam.
“The one that I did waka pass that dem give me N5,000 and the guy [filmmaker] was giving me his hotel room key to hold. Ah! I don’t want to mention names.”
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