Chiwetel is just toooooo cute. Please come and marry me abeg lool ( Ok , I am digressing , face closed).
Wait a minute, If Chiwetel Ejiofor wasn't successful, who would bother if he was Nigerian and claiming British? People should just chill please.
After winning an Oscar for 12 years a slave, Nigerian tabloids started rolling out congratulatory ads lool ( Nobody sent them message oooo loool).
When asked in an interview in UK about his birth place and origin, he said he was British since he was born in London( He wasn't lying anyway) , and some Nigerian's felt he was denying the fact he had Nigerian roots.
During the premiere of the movie Half of a yellow sun in Lagos today , trust naija reporters , they began bombarding him with questions stating he denied being Nigerian.
Chiwetel real name Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor however set the records straight stating below
“During the period of publicising “Twelve Years a Slave”, I was asked where I was originally from.
“I suppose I was trying to give an honest answer about where I was born, and so, I said London, which is where I was born.
“And to me, it was a surprising reaction that people then concluded that I didn’t identify as Nigerian.
“Of course, I am Nigerian-British, but if they ask me where I was born, I can’t say Enugu, because I wasn’t born in Enugu, but, it doesn’t mean that I don’t identify as Nigerian.
“I am proud of being Nigerian that I am extraordinarily happy to be here to make this film.
“We wanted to make a film in Nigeria for several years, maybe 20 years.
“Several years we talked about making a film in Nigeria, internationalise the market, we know there is so much, there’s a handful of energy and ability in Nigeria.
“And, for those of us that were born overseas, we want to get back into all of that and try to work together and make films and internationalise what is a wonderful market community.”
I hope Nigerian's are happy now loooool.
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