Young Nigerian actor Ogbu Johnson has clarified the situation and refuted allegations that he disrespected Zubby Michael while filming.
Ogbu Johnson and Zubby Michael have stirred up a lot of online controversy after a video of their on-set altercation went viral.
After this internet controversy, Zubby Michael’s popular friend and ally Destiny Etiko responded to the circumstance.
She passionately advised up-and-coming artists to respect veterans who have successfully carved out a career as A-list superstars.
Zubby Michael supported the comments and suggested that Ogbu may have jeopardised his career by behaving disrespectfully.
Ogbu Johnson addressed any misunderstandings regarding any animosity between himself and Zubby on October 9 on Instagram.
In a speech he gave in front of the public, he said that the public had misconstrued his conflict with Zubby and thought it was a real fight. Ogbu made it clear that the online video was only a painstakingly created scene from a forthcoming movie.
Johnson made it clear that this fight was simply meant to show off their acting prowess and raise the bar for movie stunts.
In response to Destiny Etiko’s covert accusation that he had disrespected Zubby Michael and Zubby’s following threat, Ogbu Johnson made it clear that he had no ill intent.
According to him;
“Some persons have gone ahead trying to create a rift between myself and my senior brother and industry boss by making it appear that I was disrespectful in interpreting my role to the satisfaction of the director and thereby trying to create bad blood between us.
| make this statement to clear all doubts that I in no way mean to disrespect the person of Zubby Michael my senior colleague and will do no such thing.”