{"id":268850,"date":"2026-02-01T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/268850\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:14:09","slug":"dont-let-jealousy-burn-you-funke-akindele-replies-kunle-afolayan-over-remarks-on-cinema-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/268850\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dont let jealousy burn you\u2019 \u2013 Funke Akindele replies Kunle Afolayan over remarks on cinema movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Dont-let-jealousy-burn-you-Funke-Akindele-replies-Kunle-Afolayan-over-remarks-on-cinema-movies-2019707?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/54271352.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akindele has responded to her colleague, Kunle Afolayan\u2019s comments on profit making strategies\" title=\"Akindele has responded to her colleague, Kunle Afolayan\u2019s comments on profit making strategies\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/> <\/a>Akindele has responded to her colleague, Kunle Afolayan\u2019s comments on profit making strategies<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Famous Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele, has responded to her colleague, Kunle Afolayan\u2019s comments on profit making strategies and N2 billion cinema gross.<\/p>\n<p>Actor, Kunle Afolayan had in series of videos criticised current marketing strategies used for cinema movies.<\/p>\n<p>While addressing his colleagues on his approach to filmmaking and profitability, the filmmaker during the launching of his movie \u2018Anikulapo\u2019, said \u201cThere is no competition between us. I don\u2019t just want N1 billion or N2 billion in the cinema that I won\u2019t be able to personally receive N10 million from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, when asked why he does not collaborate with cinema, Kunle Afolayan, during his recent appearance on \u2018Lagos Business of Film Summit\u2019, said \u201cI want to make a film if you can guarantee I don\u2019t have to dance to sell. We need to come up with other strategies. How do we sell without exhausting ourselves? I don\u2019t know how the likes of Funke Akindele and others are doing it. Creating skits every day, changing costumes all the time. I can\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However reacting to his comments on her Instagram story, Funke who attribute Kunle\u2019s statement to jealousy, said \u201cI\u2019m not the one hindering your progress. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can\u2019t beat them or join them, create your own path. No allow jealousy burn you. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The sky is so big for everybody to fly. You can do it! The opportunities are endless, and everyone has their own path. I\u2019m focused on mine, and I have faith in God\u2019s plan for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo ahead and create alternative promotion or marketing strategies for promoting your business, or hire a company to handle it\u201d, she said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Akindele has responded to her colleague, Kunle Afolayan\u2019s comments on profit making strategies Famous Nollywood actress and filmmaker,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-268850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}