Actor Yul Edochie has blasted the late Alex Ekubo for keeping his marriage private. He contends that public personalities shouldn’t conceal their private lives out of concern for what the public will think.
Edochie made the remarks in response to internet discussions that were triggered by bloggers sharing pictures and videos of Ekubo’s wife following his passing.
Some social media users criticised the posts, claiming that the blogs violated the family’s privacy.
Edochie contends that since public criticism is unavoidable, it is unnecessary to conceal private affairs.
He stated that people will always talk regardless of one’s actions, and advised against making oneself small to avoid criticism.
He urged individuals to live freely and disregard online chatter.
Edochie: “He shouldn’t have hidden anything from anyone. It wasn’t necessary. People must learn to stop worrying about what people say. No matter what you do in life people must talk.
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“So leave them to talk. Leave blogs to blog. To be great in life you must never make yourself small for any one or any reason. Give them things to talk about while you ignore them and enjoy your life.”
His remarks responded to a post by Skitmaker Nasboi, who condemned blogs for sharing images of Ekubo’s wife posthumously.
Nasboi described the blogs as exploitative and noted that Ekubo had deliberately kept his marriage out of the public space.
“Alex Ekubo kept his marriage away from the vulture internet. Now that he’s gone, blogs are already digging up and posting his wife. But na some of una still talk say na gay. These blogs are vampires….”, he wrote.
The Nollywood actor died from renal cancer.
In a statement posted on the actor’s social media accounts, on 26th May, the Ekubo-Okwaraeke family revealed the funeral plans.
