December 07, (THEWILL) – A few months ago, the rosy relationship that once existed between Nollywood actresses, Laide Bakare and Kemi Afolabi-Adesipe, hit the rocks. The two best friends became sworn enemies. They even had altercations on social media for some days. Despite attempts by friends and colleagues to call them to order, the two chose to continue their show of shame.
Trouble started after Kemi Afolabi called out Laide Bakare, describing her as delusional, crazy and an attention-seeker, without explaining why. In response, Laide called Kemi a crazy fellow and unfortunate hater who had a man’s physique. THEWILL gathered that the bone of contention was a younger lover, Dauda Suleiman, more popularly known as Gida. Kemi Afolabi had been dating Dauda for a while. Despite the fact that he was married with kids, the two still found time to frolick together. However, Laide got quite close to Gida while they worked together on the set of Family, a movie produced by Usman Michael.
Kemi noticed the closeness between Gida and Dauda, became suspicious and fell out with her best friend. Laide tried to address the rift between her and her once close pal. According to her, she only responded to Kemi after she called her out. Laide also stated that Kemi should have called her personally on phone to sort out their differences. She however denied fighting her friend. She also expressed dismay at the thought of fighting her colleague over a younger lover. She stated that it was degrading and laughable. She also labelled those behind the tale as jobless haters who needed to get their facts right. Explaining further, Laide made it known that she wouldn’t stoop so low to fight over a man in Nollywood. She said the young man in question was their colleague and she had only met him a few times in the course of work and at movie locations. Now, the two actresses have sheathed their swords and are back on speaking terms. A few days ago, Laide Bakare took to her social media to post some of the pictures she took at Iyabo Ojo’s late mother’s remembrance ceremony. One of the pictures she posted was the one she took with Kemi Afolabi-Adesipe. She stood with her look-alike friend and asked her fans to tag their favorite celebrities.
It was gathered that the two decided to put the past behind them as a result of their colleagues’ intervention.
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