Actress Bibi Sonye has spoken out against inadequate dental care in Nollywood, promising to pursue legal action against any film producer who matches her with a male co-star who has bad breath.
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In a recent Instagram post, Bibi lamented having to kiss male co-stars who neglect proper dental hygiene. Voicing her frustration, she called on the Nigerian movie industry to uphold higher standards.
In the video, the actress said: “Nigerian movie industry we need to do better. if you’re going to give me a script and in that script you put a kissing scene and you know that you did not hire an actor with a fresh breath and you put that person in the same scene with me, I will sue your production. I am tired of kissing people with horrible breath, let’s normalise not kissing, let’s normalise not kissing in a romantic scene because what the hell is going on?”
Sonye further criticized the lax approach to oral hygiene among some co-stars, highlighting their neglect of basic hygiene practices before romantic scenes.
“Y’all would be eating your egusi soup or whatever and then you’d come straight to set without gargling, without using a mouth wash and you think it’s okay to put your mouth in my mouth? I quit! No,” she lamented.
Bibi Sonye called on Nigerian movie producers to carry out proper health evaluations of their actors. She also criticized actors who fail to properly prepare for romantic scenes.
“You men are collecting 1 million, two million or however much you’re collecting, no problem. Yet you can’t go to the dentist? You go from smoking your weed or cigars, all those things in your mouth and you think it’s okay to bring it on set? I’m calling out all the Nollywood producers, do the needful! Evaluate the mouths of those you bring to set to kiss others,” she added.
Watch the video below
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