Ronke Oshodi-Oke, a veteran Yoruba film actress, has revealed the true origin of her popular name, clarifying a common misconception.
In an interview shared on Oyinmomo TV’s official YouTube channel, she explained that many people believed she earned the name “Oshodi-Oke” because of her curvy figure. However, she noted that she was actually very slim when she first adopted the name in the movie industry.
When asked if it was her body structure that contributed to her breakthrough in the movie industry, she said, “My fame has nothing to do with my body structure because I was very slim when I joined the movie industry. Many people thought I got the name Oshodi-Oke due to the size of my chest and my curves. I got the name from one of my movies that started and ended in Oshodi-Oke.”
“I started going to NTA and got involved in Tales by Moonlight before I eventually received a temporary engagement with Charly Boy, and together we worked on Candid Camera. Today, people know it as “skits,” but back then, it was called Candid Camera. Abacha stopped Charly Boy and me from continuing with the program. We had no idea that the person we pranked was an expatriate. I think he was Chinese and had come to see Abacha. He got offended by the prank and reported us to the presidency. Abacha would have had us arrested and detained, but Charly Boy’s father intervened because he was the Chief Justice of Nigeria at the time. Abacha called Charly Boy’s father and told him he didn’t want the Candid Camera program to continue. He instructed him to warn us to end it. After that, we moved on to several other programs, including The Charly Boy Show.”