Reactions As Toyin Abraham Finally Speaks On Rivalry With Funke Akindele, Calls For Truce
Toyin Abraham seeks an end to alleged beef with colleague, Funke Akindele.
After years of rivalry, actress Toyin Abraham is ready to bury the hatchet with colleague, Funke Akindele. In a previous post, she had also celebrated Mercy Aigbe.
In the viral post, she shared via her Instagram page on Sunday, April 21, the ‘Alakada’ producer revealed that the unhealthy competition between them had led to fights and rivalry, especially in the Nollywood industry.
She also took the opportunity to eulogize the actress over her success at the box office with A Tribe Called Judah.
Read her full post below.
If you guys knew the fierce competition to be number one in those days in the Yoruba industry (I don’t know if that still exists though). The fierce competition created camps, enmity, and many professional gossips. The number one cause of fights in the industry then was ‘he said, she said’ before the social media era.
Dear Nollywood people, let me chip this in, stop tearing the industry down with your gossips. You have caused lots of damage with ‘he-said, she-said’. Let me go back to my story. In those days of the Yoruba film industry, @funkejenifaakindele was like number one after the likes of Aunty Bukky and Aunty Faithia. I was the next in line. The competition was much and with many gossips in between, we became competitors and persona non grata. She moved on to the English industry, I became number one before moving on too (A word of advice to young actors of today, no one will be number one forever. It doesn’t mean you fall down the pecking order, it might just be that you move on to bigger things. E rora tele bashubashu. You don’t own the industry, the industry is bigger than you).
In the English industry, Aunty Funke and I continued the rivalry sort of. It pitted our fans against each other. We are two competitive Virgo women, we love to win and sometimes in that process, we splash dirt and mud. But with time, age, and more wisdom, I have realized we can compete without being negatively competitive. Aunty Funke, I celebrate you for showing us what is possible.
You are a winner. You sold over 1B, you made it possible for other women to dream. You ran us street with that 1B o, this year, many of us will move to 1B and we pray God makes you bigger. Thank you for making great movies and selling them like your life depends on it. You taught other women to hustle harder. I had set records in box office records, Aunty came and beat them, today I am happy because she has challenged me to set higher goals. Sis, let’s compliment each other even in competition at the box office, I owe you one post in December (only 1 o, I need to sell market…Lol). I pray that God will make all your dreams come true. I admire you and wish you all the best.
With Love, T!
Reacting to the post, Akindele wrote: Toyin baby, all the best!!!
Nigerians however have been reacting to Toyin’s Abraham as not a few criticised her for having an imaginary beef with Akindele.
See some reactions below.
The fact that Toyin thinks she is worthy competition for funke is insulting 😂.
Funke akindele is not her mate by track record , craft , quality of work or by any other standard of measure the fact that she actually thought they were is competition 😂
— No name (@the_zukks) April 21, 2024
Toyin is coming to speak on a beef and fight, is Funke aware of this animosity btw them and if she is, what really is the point of that alabosi post and putting that woman on blast because if she doesn’t comment or respond now, trust Nigerians to pile on her.
— debss. ᥫ᭡ (@foreverdeb_) April 21, 2024
Toyin is so deluded!!!! Funke is clear like madt, and never ever can she be in the same sentence with Toyin. Funke since when???? That post is so indicting and she’s crazily manipulative. Appreciation post isonu, o sun mo insecurities, o jinna si appreciation.
— Fine Wine💞💞🐜🐜 (@itsniola) April 21, 2024
The only person Funke Akindele is competing with is herself. She’s competing with who she was yesterday. I doubt if she sees all these people. She’s been winning back to back why the hell will she be in competition with anyone
— Feyi 🤍 (@adeoolaaa) April 21, 2024
I couldn’t have thought or even imagined that TOyin Abraham and Funke Akindele had beefs. In my books,they are not competitors
— Ojsneedle 🇳🇬🌎 (@seun__oj) April 21, 2024
She and Funke Akindele were never and have never been in the same league.
She should stop being delusionalThere’ll always be competition but make it healthy.
She should go and make amends properly not that fake ass epistle— M (@mopelolaadunni) April 21, 2024
