Veteran Nollywood actor Roy De Nani has discussed both the personal hardships he has faced throughout his life and his traumatic experiences in the film industry.
The actor claimed on the “Where is the lie” podcast that he was unofficially barred from playing roles at one point in his career.
According to him, “A man gave an order that nobody should give Roy De Nani a job again. For years, even when I was already recording, a producer would come in and say, ‘No, cancel it. Stop.’”
Roy De Nani also recalled the pain of losing his brother, saying that no Nollywood actors or actresses supported him during this time.
“I have a brother from the same father. When he died, not a single actor or actress showed up,” he said.
The veteran actor further revealed that he later suffered an even more devastating loss when both his son and daughter died after he could not afford the blood transfusions they urgently needed.
According to him, the children were living with sickle cell disorder and required regular transfusions to stay alive.
“I lost my son, I lost my daughter because they needed blood transfusion so they could continue living, but there was no money to buy the blood, and they died,” he said.
“Nollywood never came to assist me. Not that they don’t care, but they have not been touched. Let it be said that way,” he added.
