Nollywood actor Jim Iyke, says the viral video where he beat up fellow actor Uche Maduagwu was scripted to promote his movie “Bad Comments”.
In August 2021 a video surfaced on the internet where Iyke fought Maduagwu viciously for questioning his source of wealth.
Meanwhile, in a recent interview with Chude Jideonwo, Iyke said paid Maduagwu a huge sum of money as the fight was “orchestrated” to make his film go viral.
“I called the man, we had an understanding, I paid very well for it, rolled out the script, called Moses in, we shot it and we’re about to release the ending of it. I’m not stupid. I will never make that kind of mistake.”
We buried over N20m in the production of that film and people were still viewing it with a certain degree of cynicism. Immediately there was a scandal, it caught fire,” the actor revealed.
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He further noted that he was discouraged about pulling the stunt but went on with it because he understood what the people wanted.
“I even called my sister the day before and she said that it will backfire. I understand people’s mindsets. They have a propensity for gossip and bad news. There’s no way it would backfire.”
Watch the full interview below
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