Nollywood veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama G, has blamed the incessant deaths among Nollywood actors on the carelessness and negligence on the part of the actors.
Speaking at an event in Lagos, the thespian lamented that some of the actors will rather visit local pharmacists, instead of going for proper check up at a reputable hospital.
She said, “When you are doing something you are enjoying, you wouldn’t bother to take care of your health. Once there is life in you, you keep doing what you are doing. And it’s something that pays back on your body.
“Some people are so careless that when they are sick instead of going to the hospital for a proper check-up, they prefer to visit a chemist or a pharmacy to buy a pain reliever. It’s no longer safe with me.
“I don’t know how many people are thinking like myself. That’s why I blamed it on carelessness. We are trying to put smiles on the faces of people while forgetting to take care of our health.”
She urged her colleagues to learn to go for regular medical check-ups and curb some things detrimental to their health.
Noting that she broke down in tears at the funeral rites of the late comic actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, Mama G said it dawned on her that the actor was gone forever when she went close to his corpse and called him by the name she used to call him, but he didn’t respond.
“At that moment, I broke down in tears. It’s not because I was expecting him to respond, but it was when I realized that this man is gone forever,” she said.
