Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke has come forward to reveal that his much-publicized fight with fellow actor, Uche Maduagwu was staged in order to promote his new movie dubbed Bad comments. He made this known during an exclusive interview granted to media personality, Chude Jidonwo recently.
Recall that in August 2021, Jim Iyke purportedly tracked Uche Maduagwu down to his residence, and physically confronted him for questioning the source of his wealth and labeling him a ‘ritualist’ on social media.
The fight was the hottest topic on social media at the time and users hailed Jim Iyke for not letting a social media troll slide. In a new development, the tough boy actor has now admitted that the fight was orchestrated for publicity and Uche was paid handsomely for it.
According to him, he had spent over N20M on promoting the movie “Bad Comments”, but it didn’t get much attention, so he decided to tap into Nigerians’ thirst for gossip and bad news to promote the move, and it worked. The 45-year-old actor also added that he is too strategic to jeopardize the success of his film by getting into a real fight with Uche.
Watch the interview below: