A resurfaced interview clip has reignited one of Nollywood’s longest-running will-they-won’t-they storylines. In the video, Timini Egbuson was asked which co-star he’d date if given the chance. After initially drawing a blank, he landed on one name:
“Maybe Bimbo Ademoye, but she’s in a relationship, so maybe when something happens, and she’s single, we can.” It’s a familiar answer, because this isn’t the first time, second time, or even the fifth time these two have danced around the question.
How it started
It started, as far as the public record shows, with on-screen chemistry that refused to stay on screen. The pair have starred together in The Kujus, Breaded Life, Big Love, Reel Love, Kamsi, Love Is Yellow and more, and their romantic scenes consistently drew more reaction than the films themselves.
By August 2024, things escalated. Timini posted a video of the pair in bed together, hinting at a “big announcement,” before later joking on Instagram that he’d “made a baby” with Bimbo and asking fans to watch out for a naming ceremony. It was, by most accounts, a joke wrapped around just enough ambiguity to set timelines on fire.
Bimbo has played her part too. In February this year, weeks after reports of her alleged split from media personality VJ Adams, she jokingly set marriage “conditions” for Timini, telling him she’d only marry him if his film Love and New Notes crossed ₦500 million at the box office, and that they’d only have children once it hit ₦1 billion.
Then came last weekend. The pair arrived hand-in-hand at the Lafarge Africa rebranding ceremony in Lagos, walking in together, smiling, and chatting closely throughout the event. Bimbo captioned the moment “I got a parking lot and my favourite TV guy.” Fans, predictably, lost it.
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