In
most spheres of life, rivalry is a common phenomenon, which cannot be ruled out
for anything. Talk about sports, business, and every other sector, it abounds
everywhere.
But
when envy starts to creep in, that is when it becomes deadly and unhealthy.
In
the world of soccer today, it is an obvious truth that Lionel Messi and
Christano Ronaldo are rivals, who also play for rival clubs in Spain.
Both
of them try to outshine the other when they are both on the field of play. This
is evident in the records each of them tries to break, especially if the other
person is the holder of the record.
When
it comes to mobile technology, it is no doubt that Samsung has given Apple a
run for its money. Even Tecno, which hitherto was seen by Nigerians as a new
kid in bloc, is now rubbing shoulders with the big guys in the mobile phone
business, especially with their smart phones.
In
Nollywood, one of the rivalries that have stayed for a very long time is that
between Omotola Ekeinde and Genevieve Nnaji.
For
a long time, these two screen divas never saw eyeball-to-eyeball until
recently, when the President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Ibinabo
Fiberesima intervened and brought them together again.
You
will recall that First Weekly then exclusively reported how Ibinabo strived hard
to bring these two important personalities in the movie industry in Nigeria
together.
Those
who were aware of the cold war between Omotola and Genevieve before Ibinabo’s
peace move would confirm that Genevieve always avoided any event or function
Omotola is invited into.
In
fact, as First Weekly learnt then, both parties always asked organisers
of shows if the other person would also be coming and if the answer was in the
affirmative, the person concerned would avoid the event.
When
both of them featured in the award-winning film, ‘Ije’, the producer of the
movie talked about how difficult it was for her to work with the two stars.
Those who knew about the production of the film said that Omotola and Genevieve
almost practically avoided each other and that after they play their respective
roles in the film, they did not talk to each other and that they left the set
immediately.
So,
it was good news for fans of both Omotola and Genevieve when they heard that the
two pretty actresses had sheathed the sword and had embraced peace.
Shortly
after that, both of them were spotted together at events, and they were seeing
talking and smiling at each other.
In fact, things were going on smoothly between
the two talented actresses until recently, when First Weekly was reliably
informed that the actresses have started avoiding each other again.
A
source close to Omotola and Genevieve informed us that both movie stars have
resumed their rivalries.
“Genevieve
now asks if Omotola is invited to any function she is invited to and if the
answer is in affirmative, she would just tell she would not be available,” the
source told First Weekly.
We
also learnt that Omotola does the same thing whenever she is invited for an
event that she feels might involve her ‘arch rival’.
The
reason for the renewed hostility might not be unconnected with the fact that
the rivalry has favoured both Omotola and Genevieve.
We
gathered that their past rivalry helped in attracting more fans to them.
However,
few friends of both Omotola and Genevieve who spoke with us said that the
perceived rivalry between the two film icons in Africa was caused by the media
and their fans.
“There
is nothing between Omotola and Genevieve, they are still good friends, you guys
are the ones who create imaginary fights among stars just to cause unnecessary
confusion,” one of them said.
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