Veteran Nollywood actor Roy De Nani has spoken about his painful experiences in the film industry, as well as the personal struggles he has endured over the years of his life.
Speaking on the ‘Where is the lie’ podcast, the actor alleged that at a point in his career, he was unofficially blacklisted from getting acting jobs.
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.