Social media users have reacted to unsubstantiated news that Nollywood actress and box office king Funke Akindele persuaded media mogul Mo Abudu to remove Toyin Abraham from a film.
According to Instagram user Cutie Julls, Mo Abudu originally hired Toyin Abraham for Chief Daddy and handed her payment, script, and all, only for Funke to persuade Mo Abudu to decast Toyin so she would not be in the film. The blogger said Cutie Julls gave in to her demands and substituted Toyin Abraham with Kate Henshaw.
Unfortunately, Mo Abudu and Funke’s relationship ended after Mo Abudu revealed to Beverly Osu what Funke had told her about the upcoming actress. Funke learned about it and severed ties with the Media Mogul.
The blogger further claimed that Funke did the same with Beverly Osu as she tried pressuring Mo Abudu to decast her in a movie but for the intervention of Joke Silva, Beverly Osu was saved. Cutie Julls claimed that the issue almost led to a confrontation between Beverly and Funke after she got wind of it.
“I remember that time when Mo Abudu was casting CHIEF DADDY.
From very reliable source in Aunty Mo’s production team, Toyin was originally listed . They sent her full payment, script and all only for Funke to tell Aunty Mo to decast Toyin or she [Funke] will not be part of the movie.
That was how Aunty Mo had to use diplomacy to collect a refund from Toyin.
She then replaced Toyin with Kate. You know Aunty Mo and Funke were very very close until after she told Beverly Osu what Funke said about her and then when Funke heard it, she took a little distance from her. Anyway that’s just by the way.
But the main issue here is that people should allow people get their daily bread and keep personal beef’s aside. It’s not like people have to be close paddies before they can work together.
Funke nearly succeeded in making Aunty Mo decast Beverly if not the intervention of Aunty Joke Silva. Funke and Bev nearly fought physical on that job cuz Bev got furious when she heard it.
Because to her, she had no issues with Aunty Funke. The only issue was that she asked for pay increase on the Jeniffer’s diary job and Funke said no she can’t increase and so she Bev, quit”.
