Legendary Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor has explained why her colleagues often turn to the public for financial assistance to beat life-threatening ailments.
In a recent interview posted on Tiktok by KWS Nigeria and sighted by Theliberationnews, Ozokwor said the inability to continually manage the ailments often force the actors to resort to the public for assistance.
She added although actors get good pay the expectations of the public on them force them to live impressive lifestyles making it quite difficult to save money for future purposes.
The veteran thespian also noted that there are a lot of financial pressures on actors from family members and acquaintances.
She said, “Some of us [actors] are paid well but before this sickness gets, nobody helps you because everybody feels you’ve a lot of money. And you’re managing it [sickness] with your family. Also, nobody pays you anymore when you’re on that sick bed. Because it’s when you’re healthy that you can be shooting movies and getting money. The illness has kept you out for a long time and the money you saved has been exhausted.
“And you know, because of the nature of our job, we are heavy-spenders. The clothes you wear matter to the world. We call it packing. The way you packaged yourself. The worst is that you can’t even repeat your expensive clothes. These are the things that make us spend a lot of money. And then people pounce on you, they feel you’ve a lot of money because they see your face everywhere. I know how many people that have come to this house today to ask for help.”
