Nollywood actor Monsuru Ayanfe has shared his experience working with Funke Akindele.
In an interview with Jeff Owolewa, Monsuru recalled Funke’s behaviour toward him when he crashed her car. He said he was trying to pack her new car after a movie scene when he mistakenly crashed it.
Monsuru said that although Funke was mad at him, she later apologised, leaving him shocked. He described the filmmaker as someone who gets angry easily but apologises when she is calm.
“I was the one who spoiled Funke Akindele’s new car while I was trying to pack her car after the movie set. Funke is someone who gets angry easily, but when she is calm, she apologises. If she reacts to something someone says, she retraces her steps and apologises”.
He also spoke about his relationship with Femi Adebayo and recalled how he was earning N5000 from the filmmaker when he started his career. He said Femi was paying him N5000 out of the N20,000 he was making as his salary.
“I was collecting N5000 when I started my career from Femi Adebayo because of the passion and flair I had for acting”.
Some months back, veteran, Tola Oladokun praised her Funke, recounting how she got in contact with her and crediting her with helping her career. She also recalled how she missed her first opportunity to work with Akindele but was given a second chance and has now gotten more opportunities with her.
Back in April, actor Ijoba Lande recalled how Funke called him for a movie production at Amen Estate, where he spent one month and was only paid N90,000.
Making a U-turn, the actor tendered an apology to her, claiming that the video was taken out of context. He claimed that Funke paid him more until he left the location after he complained to her.
In 2023, an alleged report made rounds of how Funke pressured media mogul, Mo Abudu to decast Toyin Abraham from Chief Daddy’s movie and replace her with Kate Henshaw, which Mo succumbed to. The blogger further claimed that Funke did the same with Beverly Osu but for the intervention of Joke Silva, Beverly was saved.
Last year, Faithia Williams called out Funke for allegedly blocking her on Instagram over her support for Mercy Aigbe and her new movie. The Yoruba actress made Funke know that she isn’t her God, and she wasn’t bothered by her petty act.