'Stop comparing me to young women without kids' - Actress Venita Akpofure warns Nigerians

Award-winning actress and brand influencer, Venita Akpofure, has warned Nigerians on social media to stop equating her with newcomers in the entertainment industry.

The mother of two, in a series of tweets shared on her Twitter account, claimed that she has invested over 10 years in the industry and it is disrespectful for her to be compared to young women who haven’t experienced motherhood like herself.

The thespian stressed that she despises competitions of all kinds and wouldn’t want her over a decade’s worth of labor to be discredited on social media by pointless comparisons made by complete strangers who bring nothing to her life.

She continued by saying that everybody, particularly women, ought to be allowed to have their own specific charm and talent that make them stand out from the crowd without being judged by others.

She wrote: ” Respectfully I have over ten years in this industry. Pls stop comparing me where I simply don’t need to compete or have competition. None of whom you compare to or with me have even gone through the full cycle of womanhood. I am EVERGREEN 🙏🏽

“Stop comparing me to young women who haven’t had kids or not even invested up to 5years in my industry. It’s very annoying. I’m a MIDDLE AGED MOTHER of TWO. And I have a show reel that spans a decade while some of ur faves were still in secondary school. 🙏🏽

“Don’t allow my youthful appearance to place me in or on tables that I have shattered & graduated from. I am gracefully in my own lane. A VERSATILE talent that has worked across different genres of media at national/international standards . one of the RARE faces to cross thru ALL fields of Creative Industries Music,TV, Film AND Billboards. I said ALL!

“Before Fame became a sport for clout, when City People Newspaper was tha thing! While people where on Hi5 and while we were still swapping BlackBerry Pins. I was that girl. Now I’m that Woman. And I’m living my dreams by doing what I love and living from it. 🙏🏽 please stop

“I hate the comparisons it’s unnecessary energy. Allow people to have their individual appeals in peace. Stop drumming tension. Stop measuring women against each other. Beauty and Talent is always individual and God given. Every woman is a book on her own.Celebrate them in peace”

“Compare minds, ideologies, theories and philosophies. Stop comparing aesthetics. There’s so much more to us than aesthetics”