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Mide Martins bullied me into bleaching, Habibat Jinad alleges
Habibat Jinad, the
Nigerian actress famous in the Yoruba film industry, has revealed why she
decided to bleach her skin.
In a recent interview on Talk To B podcast, Jinad alleged she was verbally abused by Mide Martins, a
colleague, on the set of a movie.
She claimed that Mide insulted her and called her a “monkey
with a black face”.
Jinad said people always complain about her dark complexion,
advising her to “lighten up”.
She added that she “decided to change after Mide insulted “We were at Afeez Owo’s rehearsal ground and a colleague of “They told us to kneel down. Mide Martins, my boss and some “She said so many “I’m sure that till now she might not know that what she “Even before then, whenever I was on set, people would say “So after Mide insulted me, I thought about what I could do Jinad had previously said she would no longer continue to “Nobody can bully me again into using bleaching cream. I’m
me” to make people happy.
mine did something wrong which I was not a part of,” she said.
other people were there. Mide Martins insulted me and called me someone with a
black face.
things to abuse me and I felt very bad. I later found out that she called me a
monkey with a black face.
said to me the other day somehow affected me.
that I’m too dark-skinned and that I need to lighten up.
to make these people happy. So I decided to change.”
bleach her skin.
not bleaching my skin anymore,” she said on
Instagram.
