What have
you been up to? Work work
work… Movies and music but I’m still recording How many movies have you done
so far? The one that just came out is Akpabio, the Calabar Boy.
Then, there’s Hips Don’t Lie, Festival of Village Girls, Wannabe
Girls, Who runs the Village, Twins Blood, and lots of others. I can’t really
count. What is your style of music? I do Hip-hop, I do slow songs,
blues, I do every kind of music Which songs have you released this year?
I’ve done Long Time and Go Gaga Have you featured any artiste in your songs?
In ‘Nyem Something’ I featured Flavour. The video came out two years ago
You and Afrocandy
were recently seen together, are you guys doing a movie? Yes, we are. We’ve not done the job
yet. She just did an audition and I was invited over to help in the casting. We
did an audition at Excellence Hotel so I went there to help her cast and I’m
part of the movie too Is it a porn movie? God forbid. It’s an African
movie. Afrocandy does other movies too. The one she’s going to do soon is an
epic movie like a village kind of movie. Then the other one is another kind of
movie, we call it Glamour. Glamour is the one you have many rich people but the
epic is the village one. It’s not a porn movie, don’t mind what people are
saying. I assure you it is not porn. Anita cannot do porn. You know why I can’t
do porn? Because the money will finish but the movie won’t go. It’s not
something I would like to do. Everybody in life has what he or she wants to do.
I don’t care what anybody does. Some people say you’re friends with Afrocandy
and all that, So What?
Do you believe Nigerians are hypocritical about sex? Oh yes they are, some of them do worse things behind closed doors. So don’t judge me. I do what I want to do but I can’t do porn. Anita is crazy, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can’t do porn. There are some kinds of things I can’t do. If I’m doing business with Afrocandy, it’s movie business not porn and it’s my business. Nobody has the right to tell me I shouldn’t do it because she’s this, she’s that. That’s their business.
Can you do
sex in a movie? No, I can’t
Not even kissing? That’s a normal thing. There’s a way we do kissing in
the movie industry, we don’t really do the real kissing but there’s a way we do
it. It’s acting.
There was a
movie I saw you,where Nkem Owoh was touching your boobs, what movie was that? That movie was The Gamblers. In the
script, they said he was supposed to touch my breasts; we have to make it real
so I gave him my breast to touch and that thing blew people’s minds. That was
the whole idea, he touched it for real.
Have you
done any other stuff like that? I do lots of stuffs like that. It doesn’t matter;
it’s the kind of job I do, so it depends. It depends on what the script says,
sometimes you just have to pretend to be there. Its pretense, Acting is all
about pretense.
Which actor
do you have chemistry working with? I have chemistry working with everybody but there are
some people you work better with, lots of them. If I start mentioning the
names, you won’t leave here
What do you
consider the sexiest part of your body? Everywhere is sexy because everybody has what trips
him or her. Some like the boobs, some like the back, some like my legs, I’ve
seen somebody that loves my palm. My fingers are very sexy You say you love
tattoos, how many tattoos do you have? I used to love tattoos. But I don’t
do tattoos anymore and I’m trying to remove them. I’m not a tattoo freak
anymore; I’ve grown out of that. In fact the tattoos on my body are mistakes. I
advise people not to do tattoos. Tattoos are addictive. If you do one you want
to do another, at the end of the day you’ll start regretting them. I don’t love
my tattoos anymore. I wish I can clean them out.
Where is the
most hidden place you’ve done a tattoo? No hidden place, the most hidden one is the one on my
waist and on my boobs What do you find attractive in a man? I love men that
are simple. I don’t like men that are too loud, I love it simple
When did you
get into music? I started
music professionally four years back but I’ve not released an album yet. I’ve
not really been serious with my music because the movies took over but I’ve
released two videos, Time No Dey and Nyem something
Are you
currently in a relationship? I’m single and not searching Have you ever done a
movie outside Nigeria? Yes, I have, in South Africa. I did the movie last
year but it’s not out yet
How do you
handle your male admirers? They’re not easy to handle but I handle them well enough. In this kind of
job, you have to be strong and bold because if you’re not, they’ll just mess
you up. So, I handle them perfectly. I try not to be insulting in as much as
some of them are very unbearable. Those that are unbearable, you just try and
be subtle and manage them with a good smile.
What of your
critics? I love my
critics because if they don’t criticise me, I won’t get better Do you take
to their advice? I do listen but some of them don’t make sense. Some of
them are beef, maybe it’s somebody that doesn’t like you, you didn’t do
anything to the person but the person doesn’t just like you. They did it to
Jesus Christ. He didn’t do anything to them but some people hated him, so it
happens. Sometimes when you read some things you know that it’s just beef. You
might not know the person but the person is beefing you. I don’t
care about what they say. What I care about is I take from the ones
that are good, I try to amend what is not right but the ones that I know that
I’m doing right, I don’t bother
What is the
craziest thing a fan has ever done when he saw you? Hitting my bum. Someone has seen me
in Shoprite before, hit my bum and ran away. There was nothing I could do.
There was a movie I did Open and Close. I was a nymphomaniac in that movie,
I had sex
with everybody around me because it was the story. The guy said that thing you
did in Open and Close, can you just do it to me? He started whining in
Shoprite, mimicking everything I did in the movie, the way I was doing. I just
turned to leave and the next thing he did was to tap my ass. I wanted to pursue
him but I wore heels so I couldn’t pursue him. If it were before, I would have
chased him all the way. Another day someone called me and started moaning ‘Anita
you’re killing me, Anita whine for me’, I said hello, he said ‘Oh please, it’s
me please you don’t understand’. It was one of my pictures he saw. He uses my
pictures to work on himself and he told me. Mostly he uses private numbers to
call me so I wouldn’t be able to call back. That ‘s why I sometimes don’t pick
private numbers.
What is the
craziest thing you have done to a fan ? There was this crazy guy that got my number from
somewhere. This guy sends me message everyday of my life, everyday. Telling me
how he loves me and how he wants to marry me, till date. At a point I had to
call him and invited him over. I mean this guy has been sending me messages for
more than two years straight, everyday. My sisters, everybody in my house knows
about it. One day I decided to invite him over but when I came out
to receive him, he was nowhere to be found. He later called that he could not
face me.
What is the
worst scandal of your life? There was a time I was in South Africa, they wrote something about me that
an Alhaji and I were getting married in America. It wasn’t true, I was in South
Africa and they said I was in America. Then I was working in South Africa. They
said that I went to his office and his wife saw me in the office and
embarrassed me. They said me and the wife got into a fight, that people had to
come to separate us. I had a relationship and I was very heartbroken. I’ve had
lots of them like that. Some people actually believed that story but there was
a mix up. That story shattered me at the time.
Why did you
refuse a marriage proposal from your boyfriend A man cannot just come out and tell
me to stop what I’m doing because he wants to marry me. I’m not desperate for
marriage. Marriage will come when it will come. My man will come when it’s the
right time for him to appear. When my husband comes, he won’t tell me to stop
what I’m doing. My husband would be my fan and love what I’m doing, my husband
would encourage me.
Your
boyfriend was telling you to leave acting for him? Yes, and become a complete housewife.
I’m an Anambra girl, we don’t do like that. We’re hardworking women. That’s the
kind of blood I’m born with; I can’t just leave what I’m doing. Marriage is not
a do or die affair
What about
dating Senators, Governors and Politicians, is it true or false? I have friends all over. It doesn’t
necessarily mean you’re dating the person but you know how the world is, if
they see you with someone or you’re friends with someone, they conclude you’re
dating the person.
What more
should people expect from you? Lots of new things, it would be a surprise package.
Anita Joseph
is a talented Nollywood actress known mostly for her controversial nature. The
actress has over the years grown a thick skin to criticisms and wants
people to know that she’s in the movie industry to be an actress in the true
sense of the word.
She has the
ability excel in any role she is assigned and she has been a good source of
entertainment for many fans.
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