Actors flaunting wealth on Instagram are misleading young ones – Dele Odule
Written by MaxFM on January 14, 2019
Veteran actor, Dele Odule has shared his two opinion about actors who flaunt their material wealth on social media.
In a recent interview, the middle-aged actor stated that actors who flaunt their material wealth on Instagram are misleading the younger generations.
He added that actors who attach so much to material wealth have no business being in the industry and are not in the business because they have a passion for it but rather are searching for ways to make ends meet.
However, a true actor will take material things as secondary; the priority is to get your message across to the viewers. The problem we are facing is that the industry is not sanitised. If there was a standard, many of those people you see who are all about flaunting material things on social media wouldn’t be in the industry.
What is the essence of going on social media to flaunt cars and other items? You would see many actresses dancing around on social media; even when they get pregnant, they flaunt it. Buying a car shouldn’t be a big deal but they make it seem as if it is.”
Speaking on the effect of such lifestyle, Odule, added that the behaviour of flaunting personal possessions is corrupting the younger generations who are gradually developing a negative impression about the industry.
“They are passing a wrong message to the young ones out there who will have a warped impression of the industry” he said.
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