Beautiful Nollywood actress, Doris Simeon isn’t a scandal- prone person but the issue of separation between her and her former husband, actor and director, Daniel Ademinokan got her name dragged around in a mesh-work of gossips and rumours that hasn’treallypanned out.
Shewaschatted up by Juliet Ebirim at a recent event and here is the conversation that ensued. Excerpts: Tellus about yourself? Mynameis Doris Simeon. I’m from Edo State, Igbila to beprecise. I’m from a familyoffive, though I am an orphan now.
What wasgrowingup like for you?
It wasreally fun for me. Those dayswhen mymum sent me on an errand and I didn’t it deliver well, she would flog me and I would wonder “Are you sure this is my mother? But now when I thinkback, I realise shewasonlytrying to make mea better person.
Especially, when I do the same to my son. It dawned on me that all those scolding was out of love. It was really fun. I grewup in a faceme, I face you kind ofhousewhere you have lots ofdrama. When I think about it, I laugh alot. Funny enough, I used to tellthe “Aje-butter” children that they didn’thave asmuch experience about life asthose ofus who lived in the ghettos.
*Doris What’syour takeon actresseswho sleep their waythrough for roles?
It’s their choice, they weren’t forced into it. They wanted to, that’s why they did it, or probably because they aredesperate.
Haveyou been sexuallyharassed since you started acting?
I’ve not since I started acting. I’ve had the experience of people or producers toasting me and as far as I am concerned that is normal. Any man can like any woman. It is not peculiar only to Nollywood, It is either you want it or you don’t want it.
Would you say that famehas robbed you of anything?
No, fame has really favoured me in so manyways. I thankGod for that.
So you don’t have any regrets?
I don’t,inany way.
I want you to talk about the recent happenings, your ex-husband and another actress, StellaDamasus?
I have nothing to say about it.
Asideyour son, what elsemakesyou happy?
Putting smiles on people’s faces, especially children. I love children a lot.
Defineyour style?
Simple and comfortable What has been the most memorable moment of your career? Havingto present a TV talk show ‘Faaji Extra’. It’s a Yoruba talk show. I was a little bit nervous at first. But it was adream come true for me, because I always wanted to be a TVpresenter aswell.
When theopportunity came,I just embraced it because it waslike aprayer answered. I loved theideaand I really enjoyed theexperience on thatparticular set.
How much were you paid for the job?
Alot of money. A lot enough to make mesmile.
What is the worstrumour you’ve heard about yourself?
I think it had to do with a story that reported I attended a Fuji show. The story also claimed I was dating Saheed Osupa. It was about ten years ago and was published on a full page. The funniestthing was thewriter sounded like he was so sure.
I just laughed because itwasso funny;I’venever been to aFujishow. The onlyway you could catch meat such gatheringsare on rareoccasions when my colleaguesinvite me to functionswhere aFujiband happensto be on stand.
And to say I wasdating Saheed Osupawas abigliethat could onlybelaughed at.
If you have to change anythingabout yourself, what would thatbe?
I don’t want to change anything. I justthank God for creating methe way I am.
If I have to comebackto thisworld again, I want to come back as me.
What is your greatest physicalattribute?
Doris I’venever thought about it,but I thinkit’s myeyes.
If you weren’t an actress, whatwould you havebeen?
I would have been apresenter or newscaster becauseI love entertainment.
Besidesacting, what elsedo you do?
I have acosmeticstore. I sell cosmeticsand perfumes.
With the break-up of your marriage, do you regret ever getting married in the first place?
No.
Are you officiallydivorced from your husband?
No comment!I likeitwhen my lawyer answerssuch questions.
There wasthisrumour that you were havingan affair which led to thecollapse of your marriage?
When I read about allthese rumours, I just laugh.
So,You mean noneofthatistrue?
None at all, there was a time some journalists even told me that I was a lesbian, that they took my picture, a side view. I told them, I wanted to see the front view of me in thehotel with thelesbians and then I laughed.
I told myself, “thisis what I chose(mycareer), so I haveto accept it that way”.
Haveyou moved on?
Me? I’m after putting smiles on people’sfaces.
What’syour vision and wheredo you see yourselfin the next five years?
I want to reallyaffect people’s lives, put smileson their faces. There are street kids out theresuffering, we need to go out there.
I like the courage of Iyabo Ojo, Halima Abubakar for all those NGOs and the rest of them. Putting smiles on people’s faces is what I’m aspiring to do and I think that’s the onlywayyour prayerswould be answered and God would put asmile onyour facetoo.
What’syour advice to upcomingactresses?
Don’t be desperate. Be yourself. If you have that gift and you think you can still go out there to learn, do it. Go and learn from theprofessionalsand God will put you through. If God says it isyour time, he will definitely lift you up.
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