Controversial Nollywood actor Yomi Fabiyi has denied subjecting actress Bimpe Oyebade, aka Mo Bimpe to constant bullying because she refused to make herself available for his s3xual needs.
Recall that the actress who made the claim in a post on Instagram while reacting to Yomi Fabiyi’s new movie, ‘Oko Iyabo’ asked how he could do such and a follower responded, pointing out that the actor used to shade Bimpe “almost everyday on his page”.
In her reply to the observation by the follower, Bimpe explained why he subjected her to abuse.
According to her, “The major reason is because I didn’t make myself available for his sexual needs despite how much he tried.”
Reacting to the claim made by Bimpe, Yomi Fabiyi during an interview with PUNCH said that being an actor did not mean that he could not have romantic feelings.
He said, “How did she get a major role in one of my movies? She never came to me to learn about movies; she did not do any audition. I had already concluded my audition. She came to me as a fan and I decided to encourage her.”
The actor also maintained that Mo Bimpe was the one who wronged him. He said, “She knows what she did that made me change towards her. I am an adult and I am free to be sexually attracted to anybody. At least, I am thankful to God that she never said I forced her. There is nothing that says that she has automatic roles (in my movies). I do not know the kind of entitlement she has to think she can always feature in my movies. I will take time to explain what she did.
“The first thing she did that made me change towards her was that I brought her into the industry in 2015 and on the last day of the movie shoot in 2015, she left and I did not set my eyes on her until January 2019.
“In between that, she had shot three movies. I do not know the kind of relationship she built with my sponsor, production manager and cinematographer. All I just heard was that she was planning a production behind me. What an audacity.
“I brought her into the industry because I wanted her to be great and known. I wanted her to have a career, so, why was she cutting corners? At the end of day, she called to tell me that she had a job for me. I told her that the person she gave the job to knew him through me because he was my production manager. That was why I cut that person off from my production forever,” he added.
