Nice one!
Me - Remembering the first Interview i had with her years back was to clear a scandal... She has had her fair share of scandals indeed!
I’m trying to handle it as much as I can. It feels fulfilling. I feel I’m having the best of my time. I feel the Lord is with me. I feel I have been able to make an impact on people and I have a lot of fans and I’m enjoying my life. It feels good.
To what or whom do you owe all that?
God’s gift, talent, determination, pride …
What do you mean by pride? They say it goes before a fall. And now you are saying it is responsible for your success?
You have to have pride to be able to stand the crowd, you have to have pride to be able to stand the intimidation and arrogance of people. Especially people who feel you have to pay dues to get to where you are going. You have to have the pride and stamina to tell them boldly you know what you are doing; they didn’t bring you to the industry, you will leave when you want to and you leave because you want to.
Where do you want to or hope to be in the next 10 years?
In the next 10 years, I know I will be married with kids. But I think it all depends on what God has fashioned out for me. I know I will still be in the entertainment industry or the fashion world or whatever.
What do you like most about stardom?
The fact that it opens doors for you is what I like most about it. You walk into a place and every other person is queuing up for one thing or the other, they just start to recognize you. Oh! come in, come in… it’s actually a door opener for us or for me. It has brought respect, especially when you do what you are doing well. What I hate most about it is the price that we get to pay for stardom- negative publicity, the untrue scandals; actually, the only thing I hate about is the bad press.
What will you say is the worst story ever written about you in the press?
So many bad things. But the one I hated most was the one of Fred Amata and I, which I don’t know where they got it from. It hurt me so much. It was not just fair.
How do you feel anytime you read negative things about your person in the media?
Certainly, I don’t feel good…
What if the stories are true, but maybe you were not expecting them to be published?
It’s rarely been the truth . Maybe a bit of it, but that’s not how it happened. The press never tells the story the way it is. It’s usually a bit from here and a bit from there. For a very long time, they have not written anything true about me…
How did you come into the movie industry?
I have been acting since I was eight in Ripples. that was how I got into acting. For movies, I think that should be 1998 in Most Wanted. I met Torino (Emeka Ojukwu) in a bus and to my greatest surprise, he recognized me, from Ripples, when I was about eight, nine. He asked why I left the industry. He later invited me to this audition- Most Wanted. I got a role, a ‘waka-pass’ and that was it.
But the story we heard was that Kunle Coker brought you in and that both of you even dated?
Yes, Kunle Coker was actually my boyfriend. But he did not bring me into the industry.
What do you find most attractive in a man?
The fact that a man will take me for who I am, not for what he hears or what he believes. I like people who take me for the me they see. That’s the most important thing. And have regard for me. And trust too.
What do you think is the biggest mistake that men make with women?
Everyone makes mistakes. But to me, I will not tolerate any man who
hits women. To me, that’s evil.
Do you believe in love at first sight?
I believe in infatuation at first sight. Love is a very strong feeling. It does not just come. People think infatuation is being in love. They are two different things. You don’t know anything yet until you get to meet the person and you begin to fall in love. Not just physically, but externally with the person.
Can you recollect the first time you fell in love?
Yes!
Tell us about it.
I think we met at a show. This was when I was in secondary school and we shared a lot of things in common- singing. It was a case of two compatible people who were so much in love with each other and…
So, what eventually happened?
Like I said, relationships must come and go. You can’t help everything that happens. Some things just happen for no reason .
What’s your definition of love?
Love has to be understanding, caring. Love, to me, is being with somebody for 24 hours without being bored. Love is catching your breath every time you see whoever you are in love with· Love is friendship, love is understanding and love is trust.
Do you believe in being faithful in a relationship?
Yeah! I’m very faithful.
Can you date a fan?
I’ve never dated a fan. And I don’t know if I can. But people come around to toast as per fans. But it’s a matter of nicely telling them off. There are different reasons why fans like or love artistes. So, it actually depends on why my fan loves me. It depends. Although, I don’t think it is advisable to date a fan. The reason being that people are in love with what they see on the screen, not the real you.
What’s your greatest wish?
That God continues to bless me. Especially with the right man and a good family.
What’s your favourite colour?
Blue.
What are your hobbies?
Singing, dancing…
Let’s have your bio-data. People don’t seem to know much about you?
I’m from Aboh-Mbaise in Imo State. I went to Kemistar Nursery and Primary School, Surulere; Methodist Girls High School, followed by one in Ikeja. I kept on moving. But ended up at Girls Secondary School, Akwakuma in Owerri, Imo State.
Why have you not furthered your education?
Life is not the same for everybody. Some people are so lucky, they come out of secondary school and they go straight to university because they have the back-up of people and it’s so easy. It looks simple…mine was different. But I’m determined. Definitely, I’m gonna go back to school. I wanted to make money, I love my money, I cherish my own money. So, I will go back when I’ve made enough. But even while I’m there, I won’t stop working.
Tell us about your parents, what do they do?
My parents are there. My mum is a teacher and my dad is retired.
What was your dad into before his retirement?
He was a bank manager with African Continental Bank (ACB) …I’m the fourth of eight children, the third girl. We are four girls, four boys. I come from a very strong Christian family. And I think that has been able to have an effect on my life, especially since I came into the industry. You see, even when people go out to say all sorts, my mother knows the kind of daughter she has. She knows the limit that I can go.
She must have been devastated when you took in, in your teens?
Well, well …I think so.
What was your childhood like?
My childhood was fun. It was fun. You don’t get to get all that these days.
What’s the greatest complement that has ever come your way?
My complexion.
I’m trying to handle it as much as I can. It feels fulfilling. I feel I’m having the best of my time. I feel the Lord is with me. I feel I have been able to make an impact on people and I have a lot of fans and I’m enjoying my life. It feels good.
To what or whom do you owe all that?
God’s gift, talent, determination, pride …
What do you mean by pride? They say it goes before a fall. And now you are saying it is responsible for your success?
You have to have pride to be able to stand the crowd, you have to have pride to be able to stand the intimidation and arrogance of people. Especially people who feel you have to pay dues to get to where you are going. You have to have the pride and stamina to tell them boldly you know what you are doing; they didn’t bring you to the industry, you will leave when you want to and you leave because you want to.
Where do you want to or hope to be in the next 10 years?
In the next 10 years, I know I will be married with kids. But I think it all depends on what God has fashioned out for me. I know I will still be in the entertainment industry or the fashion world or whatever.
What do you like most about stardom?
The fact that it opens doors for you is what I like most about it. You walk into a place and every other person is queuing up for one thing or the other, they just start to recognize you. Oh! come in, come in… it’s actually a door opener for us or for me. It has brought respect, especially when you do what you are doing well. What I hate most about it is the price that we get to pay for stardom- negative publicity, the untrue scandals; actually, the only thing I hate about is the bad press.
What will you say is the worst story ever written about you in the press?
So many bad things. But the one I hated most was the one of Fred Amata and I, which I don’t know where they got it from. It hurt me so much. It was not just fair.
How do you feel anytime you read negative things about your person in the media?
Certainly, I don’t feel good…
What if the stories are true, but maybe you were not expecting them to be published?
It’s rarely been the truth . Maybe a bit of it, but that’s not how it happened. The press never tells the story the way it is. It’s usually a bit from here and a bit from there. For a very long time, they have not written anything true about me…
How did you come into the movie industry?
I have been acting since I was eight in Ripples. that was how I got into acting. For movies, I think that should be 1998 in Most Wanted. I met Torino (Emeka Ojukwu) in a bus and to my greatest surprise, he recognized me, from Ripples, when I was about eight, nine. He asked why I left the industry. He later invited me to this audition- Most Wanted. I got a role, a ‘waka-pass’ and that was it.
But the story we heard was that Kunle Coker brought you in and that both of you even dated?
Yes, Kunle Coker was actually my boyfriend. But he did not bring me into the industry.
What do you find most attractive in a man?
The fact that a man will take me for who I am, not for what he hears or what he believes. I like people who take me for the me they see. That’s the most important thing. And have regard for me. And trust too.
What do you think is the biggest mistake that men make with women?
Everyone makes mistakes. But to me, I will not tolerate any man who
hits women. To me, that’s evil.
Do you believe in love at first sight?
I believe in infatuation at first sight. Love is a very strong feeling. It does not just come. People think infatuation is being in love. They are two different things. You don’t know anything yet until you get to meet the person and you begin to fall in love. Not just physically, but externally with the person.
Can you recollect the first time you fell in love?
Yes!
Tell us about it.
I think we met at a show. This was when I was in secondary school and we shared a lot of things in common- singing. It was a case of two compatible people who were so much in love with each other and…
So, what eventually happened?
Like I said, relationships must come and go. You can’t help everything that happens. Some things just happen for no reason .
What’s your definition of love?
Love has to be understanding, caring. Love, to me, is being with somebody for 24 hours without being bored. Love is catching your breath every time you see whoever you are in love with· Love is friendship, love is understanding and love is trust.
Do you believe in being faithful in a relationship?
Yeah! I’m very faithful.
Can you date a fan?
I’ve never dated a fan. And I don’t know if I can. But people come around to toast as per fans. But it’s a matter of nicely telling them off. There are different reasons why fans like or love artistes. So, it actually depends on why my fan loves me. It depends. Although, I don’t think it is advisable to date a fan. The reason being that people are in love with what they see on the screen, not the real you.
What’s your greatest wish?
That God continues to bless me. Especially with the right man and a good family.
What’s your favourite colour?
Blue.
What are your hobbies?
Singing, dancing…
Let’s have your bio-data. People don’t seem to know much about you?
I’m from Aboh-Mbaise in Imo State. I went to Kemistar Nursery and Primary School, Surulere; Methodist Girls High School, followed by one in Ikeja. I kept on moving. But ended up at Girls Secondary School, Akwakuma in Owerri, Imo State.
Why have you not furthered your education?
Life is not the same for everybody. Some people are so lucky, they come out of secondary school and they go straight to university because they have the back-up of people and it’s so easy. It looks simple…mine was different. But I’m determined. Definitely, I’m gonna go back to school. I wanted to make money, I love my money, I cherish my own money. So, I will go back when I’ve made enough. But even while I’m there, I won’t stop working.
Tell us about your parents, what do they do?
My parents are there. My mum is a teacher and my dad is retired.
What was your dad into before his retirement?
He was a bank manager with African Continental Bank (ACB) …I’m the fourth of eight children, the third girl. We are four girls, four boys. I come from a very strong Christian family. And I think that has been able to have an effect on my life, especially since I came into the industry. You see, even when people go out to say all sorts, my mother knows the kind of daughter she has. She knows the limit that I can go.
She must have been devastated when you took in, in your teens?
Well, well …I think so.
What was your childhood like?
My childhood was fun. It was fun. You don’t get to get all that these days.
What’s the greatest complement that has ever come your way?
My complexion.
from Vanguardngr.com
I love Genevieve. May God grant all her heart desires, Amen.
ReplyDeleteShe will soon sayshe didn't grant this interview.
DeleteOld something
What about your daughter and grand kids?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean?
DeleteShe should just skip the questions asked her and start talking about her "daughter" and your manufactured grandkids?
Why didn't you ask "what about your pants and brassieres?" 😏
This is an old interview
DeleteWow!! Never knew she wasnt a graduate..
ReplyDeleteSame here.
DeleteMomma momma. You are a queen 🙌
ReplyDeleteHello Chichi, been a long time... lol
DeleteAnonymous and ciao una recognize una self Wella..una well done.👋👋
DeleteNo, this interview is an old one! A very old interview, not recent at all.
ReplyDeleteYes very old, I remember it
DeleteLove her sincerity and the way she answered the questions. It's been a long time coming Genny
ReplyDeleteWhat she didn't have a degree or what am I reading?
ReplyDeleteGreat interview
ReplyDeleteGod is good. It is not good for man (and by implication woman) to be alone...
ReplyDeleteNo matter how much "my money," fame or connection a woman has, she wants a (good) husband
and kids. It is a craving that God created inside us women and nobody or anything for that matter
can take it away. Anyone murmuring to the contrary is a huge pretender, a hypocrite per excellence.🤔
Rest lmao.
DeleteThat craving for kids is not in everybody. I don't want kids. I may have kids because of old age and nothing else. I don't care about getting married. I've been in relationships with very rich guys, I was not heartbroken and I can tell you I prefer my own company so speak for yourself. Money is very important ok.
Delete@18:35
DeleteBut you still "want kids because of old age"
Whatever your reasons are, you still want kids.
May the Lord Jesus heal you.
Shut up not every women want ro have kids or get married. Some want to have kids n not marry while some to marry not have have kids or both married and have kids. While some want to be alone make money and carrier wise. So shup up and don't speak for every woman with your myopic thinking
DeleteZip your mouth. The audacity to speak for millions of women like an absolute fool.
DeleteWho told you every woman wants to be married and have kids?
Is every woman the same are they robots. People will reason like thus and still call them selves adults, imagine.
Good interview.
ReplyDeleteThat "pride" lines ruined it for me.
God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Read to understand what she meant. Haba
Delete@14:06
DeleteYou that understood, why not explain it to us?
You simply presumed that I did not read it? Wow!!
Pride here means self respect/ self worth/ Self love.
DeleteWith this kind of pride you will not bow to any ugly conditions twisted people try put you through.
@Original
DeleteAll of your unpaid advocates are working your butts off to interpret "pride" to us "elementary kids;" right?
You all need to work harder, harder, harder!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Who is 'us'?
DeleteI responded to one anon and not more. If you're the anon then take it. If you claim you understood what Genevieve meant by pride you wouldn't have made that first comment.
Obviously not everyone lacks comprehension.
If you're having a bad day, go to your war room and spend sometime there.
You're just turning on your own.
Who is 'us'?
DeleteI responded to one anon and not more. If you're the anon then take it. If you claim you understood what Genevieve meant by pride you wouldn't have made that first comment.
Obviously not everyone lacks comprehension.
If you're having a bad day, go to your war room and spend sometime there.
You're just turning on your own.
Let me have my "bad day" laugh once more 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
DeleteI like what what she said about pride read to understand digest think!
DeleteNice one.
ReplyDeleteLove her simplicity and sincerity. May GOD bless you with the best man and kids🙏🏽
ReplyDeleteEllo bae 😍😍😍
DeleteThis is an old interview.
ReplyDeleteVery old from the blues,they copied and pasted.
DeleteWhy she is still denying Kunle Coker though,he brought her in the industry,their affair ended when his beatings got too much, belle sef she no gree comot am
Her complexion won her accolades while some of you dark ladies are bleaching out your livers? Wow!!
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't they ask her about Atiku?
ReplyDeleteI thought she graduated some years back
ReplyDeleteI hope this is s very old interview. Like 2006-2007. Can't believe in 2021 a journalist will be asking these kind weak dry ass questions.
ReplyDeleteAnon 14:07 …really? Where’s d child? That “pride” wasn’t rightly put. Trust critics, they’ll twist it d way they desire.
ReplyDeleteHer only child,a spitting image of Kunle.This life
DeleteNice one Genny
ReplyDeleteAnon 17:19…..I doubt her child is for Kunle bcoz she had her while in “form 2” & relationship with Kunle should be when she started acting. Except I’m missing something.
ReplyDeleteForm 2?? As in JSS 2?
DeleteThis interview go Senior me ooo.Vanguard you can do better to earn traffic naa.
ReplyDeleteGenevieve of today will never consent to ds interview, never. Where will u see her to entertain ds kinda question & answer? She’d prefer an interview with a world class News Magazine to entertainment branch of our dailies. For her to accept Kunle Coker as her then boyfriend, must be an old interview.
ReplyDeleteVery old interview m
ReplyDeleteI just love this lady.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile I attended same primary school with her 💃💃💃💃💃💃
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! What an immense achievement in your life.
DeleteJenny, don't give up.
ReplyDelete