Big Brother Naija reality star and actress Bamike Olawunmi, often known as Bambam, has called the issue of’s*x for roles’ in Nigeria’s film business a “scam”.
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According to her, producers utilised it to exploit overzealous young women, frequently failing to keep their promises of important jobs after sleeping with them.
In the newest episode of the Secrets Behind the Scenes podcast, Bambam described how a producer offered her keys to his hotel room after casting her in a cameo part.
She warned budding actresses not to fall for’sex for roles’, emphasising that it is not worth it.
She said, “Sex for roles is a scam. It’s not worth it. Some of them [victims] what they are paying them at the end of that production is not more than N50,000, N100,000. Don’t be deceived o! It’s a lie. It [sex for role] is a scam.
“The one that I did waka pass that dem give me N5,000 and the guy [filmmaker] was giving me his hotel room key to hold. Ah! I don’t want to mention names.”