Entertainment
Jasmine debunks breaking ties with Mr Ibu’s family
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Jasmine Okekeagwu, the alleged adopted daughter of late actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, has said that the drama that ensued between her and the family during the actor’s last days and after his demise, she has not cut ties with the family.
Speaking in an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “I won’t say I cut ties with them totally. I am just focused on myself, and saving myself from a lot of trouble.”
She also stated that she considered her dealings with the family as a form of charity.
“It is what I do. Even the help I rendered to them (Ibu family) is more like charity, because when someone that is not related to one stands in for years to make sure that all is good, it is charity. But, they did not understand my intention from the beginning, because they only thought of what I could offer and what they could get from me. Now, I feel it is better to help people that don’t have anything to offer. That is where the real blessing is,” she said.
She also stated that she had been involved in charity works for a long time. She said, “I have been doing this for a long time, even when I was with daddy (Mr Ibu). Since 2020, I have been doing personal charity. While growing up, I saw my mother helping people, and it was from there that my love for humanity grew.”
Jasmine added that after Mr Ibu’s death, intensified her philanthropic acts, and that brought her happiness. She added, “I realised that it (helping others) is the only thing that makes me happy. I have found peace and I feel fulfilled. I feel like I’m living my purpose right now.”
She also stated that because of the time she spends on charitable projects, she has not had time to appear in movies like before.
Entertainment
‘Coming to America’ actor, James Earl Jones dies at 93
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James Earl Jones, the actor whose rich baritone provided the voice for “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, has died, his representatives said Monday. He was 93.
Jones, who also voiced King Mufasa in Disney’s animated feature “The Lion King,” had a prolific and varied career over six decades.
Entertainment
Tyrese Gibson arrested over monthly $10K child support
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Tyrese Gibson has been taken into custody after he failed to pay the monthly $10,000 child support payments a judge ordered him to make to his ex Samantha Lee.
Gibson – who shares five-year-old daughter Soraya with Lee – was held in contempt of court Monday morning during a hearing over the matter.
Judge Kevin Farmer was upset over Gibson’s refusal to make the monthly $10,000 child support payments the actor was ordered to begin paying in April 2023.
Farmer held Gibson in contempt of court Monday. And the ‘Fast & Furious’ actor was placed in handcuffs by the bailiff and taken out of the courtroom.
The judge offered Gibson the chance to resolve the issue and avoid jail time if he paid $73,000. That figure includes Samantha’s attorney fees, which total $7,500.
Gibson had been making payments to Lee. However, it has not been the $10,000 figure the judge ordered him to begin making last year.
Tyrese Gibson has been paying his ex around $2,200 every month as of 2023.
Insiders said Gibson is currently in the process of sorting out the $73K payment.
Entertainment
Like Tems, Ayra Starr says she has ‘never fallen in love’
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Oyinkansola Aderigbigbe, the Nigerian singer better known as Ayra Starr, says she has “never fallen in love”.
The Grammy-nominated Afrobeats star spoke about her love life in a recent interview with Dazed Magazine.
Starr, 21, who graced the cover of the latest issue of the British lifestyle magazine, admitted that despite being identified as a “lover girl,” she has never been in a fully committed relationship.
The 21-year-old Mavin Records sensation, now open to finding love, also attributed her single status to her intense focus on music since age 15.
“I want to fall in love. I wrote ‘Lagos Love Story’ about what love would look like if I was. I am a lover girl deep in my heart, I’m just very strong headed about it. I actually have never been in love. I have been in certain situations – not situationships! – but I have never been in a fully committed relationship,” she said.
“I’ve put myself out there and I’ve tried to see what’s there but I don’t think I’ve had the time. I’ve been working since I was 15, I was modelling, I was doing university, and now I’m on the road.
“It’s me just enjoying myself as a girl. I’m like, let me sing to a cute boy today and I’m looking around because I can – why not?”
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