
Nigerian actor Ayo Olaiya has responded to critics who labelled him promiscuous over a romantic scene he performed in the film Brother Jacob. According to Legit.ng, Olaiya rejected the criticism and pointed to what he described as double standards in Nigeria, where similar scenes in Hollywood films are accepted without comparable backlash against the actors involved.
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