Nigerian film actress Habibat Jinad has disclosed how her senior colleague Mide Martins forced her to start bleaching her skin.
In an interview with Biola Bayo on her talk show Talk To B, she described how Mide Martins had criticized her skin color on a movie set.
According to her, they were on the set of Mide’s husband, Afeez Owo’s movie, when one of their colleagues did something wrong, and she was one of those penalized.
She revealed that Mide Martins used her skin color to criticize her in front of everyone, claiming her face was as dark as a monkey’s.
Habibat Jinad added that Mide Martins’ statements upset her so severely that she considered bleaching her complexion; hence she decided to bleach her skin in the year 2012.
The film actress said: “At a rehearsal ground at Afeez Owo’s set, something happened, a colleague of mine did something and I wasn’t the one who did that thing and they said we should kneel. Mrs. Mide Martins was there, my boss was there and some other people and Mide Martins compared it to a monkey’s skin.
“And it got to me. She even complained about my skin, saying I was too dark and this made me contemplate bleaching my skin to please her and others”.
