Adunni Ade! It took three phone calls within a space of three good days to get this effervescent Nollywood star talking. She’s had her itinerary marked on a recent weekend for her sister’s wedding and had to be there and devote all to her. Eventually, when she got settled on the Sunday morning succeeding that special occasion, Adunni revealed freely some parts of her that one would not ordinarily see – soft-spoken, tender but vocally uncut. In this interesting encounter, the American/Nigerian actress and model takes Ferdinand Ekechukwu through her beautiful life and her world of make-believe. She also spoke on her first movie production ‘Soole’. Excerpt…
I don’t like when people refer to me as a single parent. I’m a parent is that I’m a parent. My children come first. It is what it is. There’s nothing wrong with being a single parent. There are some couples, married couples they can’t even do half of the things that I do.
They go around looking around because most of them are lazy. They are looking for people to come take care of them. Things are not done like that.
Heaven helps those who help themselves. So I’m just a parent. I have been a parent for this long and that’s one of my top priorities. Being a good parent, making sure that I provide for my children my bills are taken care of, their fees, their upkeep you know, and their health is in good shape.
Things like that. So that’s more important to me. I’m not looking for a pity party. Just call me a mother, call me parent. All this eh single mother, single father, wo abeg! Who cares about these things?!