Habibat Jinad, a Nigerian film actress, had an extraordinary experience with her older colleague, Mide Martins.
In an interview with Biola Bayo for her talk show Talk To B, she discussed how Mide Martins once attacked her skin color on a movie shoot.
According to her, they were on the set of Mide’s husband, Afeez Owo’s film when one of their coworkers did something wrong, for which she was fined.
She claimed that Mide Martins used her skin color to mock her in front of everyone, claiming her face was as dark as a monkey’s.
Habibat Jinad went on to say that Mide Martins’ words offended her so much that she pondered whitening her appearance. She chose to bleach her skin in 2012.
The film actress said:
“At a rehearsal ground at Afeez Owo’s set, something happened, a colleague of mine did something and I wasn’t the one who did that thing and they said we should kneel. Mrs. Mide Martins was there, my boss was there and some other people and Mide Martins compared me to a monkey’s skin. And it got to me. She even complained about my skin, saying I was too dark and this made me contemplate bleaching my skin to please her and others”.
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“How my colleague, Mide Martins insulted me with my very black skin color” – Habibat Jinad pic.twitter.com/3eoYSX6oKY
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