Funke Akindele Knocks Lady Who Questioned the Worth of Her Latest Film: “Why Are People Like This?”

• Moviemaker Funke Akindele has responded to a lady who questioned the manner she was promoting her upcoming movie Everyone Loves Jenifa
• The lady Ozie Sparkles described Funke’s movie as being overhyped and wondered if it would be worth it when she watched it
• Funke gave the lady a response but she did not back down and tackled the actress’ English, and got other netizens to intervene

Celebrated actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele is preparing to premiere her upcoming movie Everyone Loves Jenifa and a lady Ozie Sparkles asked her if the hype would be worth it.

Funke Akindele reacts to lady who questioned her latest movie Everyone Loves Jenifa. Image credit: @funkeakindeleSource: Twitter

The lady described the promotional works Funke put into the movie as excessive hyping. In her response, the movie star asked her to sit in her home.

Ozie was not done yet and she tackled Funke’s English and corrected her for the spelling ‘sit’ as ‘seat’. She also accused Funke of not writing the proper English in her scripts.

Some fans were displeased with Ozie’s displayed and they wondered why she was correcting Funke who had more visible accomplishments than her.

See Funke Akindele and the lady’s tweets below:

Reactions to Funke Akindele’s response to fan

Check out some of the reactions to Funke Akindele and the fan’s exchange below:

@viekie_coco:

“We wey don ready to enter cinema, go enter.”

@Temyslimzy

“Life no too hard.”

@adaezennaji_:

“Very demure, put that one in her place.”

@OzieSparkles:

“Dec 13th is already at the corner… Let’s just wait until then to see this… No offense intended.”

@Kristiene5:

“#everybodylovesjenifa because Jenifa is straightforward. Sit at home pleaseeee. We won’t even notice your absence.”

@Pearlystah:

“Why are people like this? Is that the encouragement she should be getting? Yes, it will be worth it.”

@akerelelami

“Abi o. We’re going to watch on his behalf.”

@Adedayookanla:

“All these complaining people no dey go cinema o.”

@LadyAnne_store:

“No be by force. I love this.”

Funke Akindele replies man who questioned her

Earlier, TheTalk.NG reported that Funke spurred laughter online after a user on Elon Musk’s X confronted her.

During an interactive timeline session with her fans, a man asked her if she had helped anyone.

The confrontation surprised the filmmaker, and her response to the remark went viral online.

Source: TheTalk.NG

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