Former Nollywood star Richard Mofe Damijo, who is at present the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State, however, dismissed the reports that he is ill, we recall that Nigeriafilms spotted him looking healthy (read it HERE) at the service of song held for late Nollywood icon, Amaka Igwe.

He said that the speculations were made as a result of his drastic weight loss. In an interview published this morning in Sunday Sun, RMD explained why he is now slimmer.

“I woke up one morning, to be precise May 9th last year, and I weighed 120kg. I said this cannot go on. Neither of my parents crossed 60kg. I thought it would be sinful for me to keep eating and putting on weight and living an unhealthy life. I decided to just change my lifestyle. I didn’t diet, what I’m doing now is not dieting. I hate to use the word diet because when you say you are dieting you have to stop at one point. What I did was to change my lifestyle.