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“We don’t need to be best friends” – Omotola speaks on alleged beef with Genevieve

Veteran Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade, has reacted to long-standing claims of a feud between her and fellow actress, Genevieve Nnaji.

Reports have often suggested that the two movie stars were not on good terms over the years. However, Omotola dismissed the speculation during an interview on Yanga FM.

"We don’t need to be best friends" – Omotola speaks on alleged beef with Genevieve
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

Clarifying the situation, she stated that there was never any fight between them, adding that “people don’t need to be best friends.”

Blaming fans for fueling the narrative, Omotola said, “Na them start the quarrel before we know say we dey quarrel. So, we have to catch up with the quarrel. There was no quarrel.”

The interviewer further asked, “Was there anything like say una been quarrel wey lasted for twenty years before EJ movie?”

"We don’t need to be best friends" – Omotola speaks on alleged beef with Genevieve
Genevieve Nnaji.

Omotola replied: “People don’t need to be best friends, but we talked. Like behind film, we dey talk normally. You know the same thing that they do with all these music stars, na we dem take start all those things that time. Na we be the practice that time. You know all this Wizkid, Davido now that they have taken to different level, na we be the first one now. Really, na them start the quarrel before we know say we dey quarrel. So, we have to catch up with the quarrel. There was no quarrel.

“We were young, everybody dey do her own thing now.byou know how the industry is. You know, them go pitch you against this person, talk say na this one be the hottest girl, na that one be the hottest girl. So, those kind tension go dey normally, but people they read am as other things.”

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