Nollywood actor, Femi Branch, has reacted to the scandal caused by the popular crossdresser, Bobrisky, in Benin the last time he visited.
Recall that the crossdresser was allegedly thrown out of the town after he posted a video saying the monarch of the town is expected to woo and marry him because he is so ‘fine’.
Branch, on his Instagram page made a live video to berate fans who degrade Nollywood movies but when they see the actors, they tend to switch by saying they do watch their movies only but not the whole of the movies produced in the industry.
Saying this, Branch weighed on the issue with Bobrisky and how the culture binding Benin City didn’t allow such disrespect made on its name and heritage.
He said Yorubas wouldn’t have reacted to such disrespectful action.
Branch said, “A lot of people meet me and say, ‘I don’t really watch Nigerian movies but I watch your own movies’.
“With due apologies, that is one of the dumbest things people say. Is my own movie a Togolese one? That is one of the reasons I respect Benin culture.
“Look at what happened recently. Bobrisky made a joke. But, there are some institutions you don’t joke with.
“Bobrisky could say he is a Yoruba guy (or babe); however ‘she’ wants to be addressed.
“He must have been seeing how some Yoruba obas have been behaving in recent times. That must have made him feel he could make such a comment about the revered Oba of Benin.
“It was when he made that statement he realised the Oba of Benin isn’t just any king. Some people thought the reactions were a bit too much but Benin people don’t joke with their culture.
“And that is because the Oba of Benin does not ‘carry himself’ anyhow.
“Our culture and tradition are dying by the minute and people don’t even seem to be concerned.
“There was an uproar by the indigenes of Benin because they don’t joke with their king and their king also doesn’t joke with their tradition.
“Do you think if Bobrisky had made such a statement about a Yoruba oba, people would have talked? Let us tell ourselves the truth. Is it normal to see our kings on Instagram frolicking with ‘commoners’?”
