Nollywood
actress, Patience Ozokwo popularly known has Mama G has confirmed that she has
indeed given her life to Christ, and the roles she would play henceforth must
portrait that. In a chat with Saturday Beats, the actress talks about how she
manages her new Faith....
“I
did not just give my life to Christ. I have been a Christian all my life. The
problem was that there were some compromises God wanted me to remove from my
life. He wants me to be the face of Christianity so that when anyone sees me,
they will know that I am a child of God.
The
world has mingled with the church a lot and there is no difference between the
world and the church. The way the worldly people dress is the way Christians
are dressing nowadays. God told me he does not want his people to dress in that
manner anymore. The men would plait their hair and use earrings, all these
things are making God angry and even the women should be modest according to
the way it is written in the Bible.
People
should be known to be Christians through the way they dress, talk and approach
life situations. You cannot call yourself a Christian and you drink alcohol.
God does not want all that. I did not just repent now, I have been a born again
Christian all these years, it is just that everybody has gone astray and we are
now like unbelievers. That is what God said.
“It
is not true that I said I do not want to be referred to as Mama G. I did not
say so. It is the people that want to sell their papers that told that lie. God
did not say I should retire from my work; after all, we act dramas in church.
He did not tell me to stop acting and he did not tell me to stop bearing Mama
G. Mama G is not a bad name, there are people who have bad names and he said
they should drop them. Mine is not bad. The meaning of Mama means mother and
the G stands for General. I am everybody’s mother. Even the scripture says that
I am a mother to everybody, even the motherless children. I am just lucky
because everything is falling into place.
My
name is not bad. The world should know that Mama G is still Mama G; I am still
Mama General and in other parts of Africa, they call me Mama Africa. How can I
deny my fans of that? God did not ask me to quit my job, neither did he say I
should renounce the name Mama G because there is nothing wrong with the name.
However, if he asks me to stop bearing the name, I will throw it away because
it is all about what he wants and not what any man wants.”
Mama
G added that her faith will not affect her movie roles. She seized the
opportunity to clear the air that her children have no problem with her faith.
She said that they are happy for her and she is best of friend with her
children.
She
said, “My faith would not affect my career or movie roles. The movie I am about
to shoot is an action movie. I am using it to expose some ills in the society.
There are some obscene scenes that I cannot take part in because I am a child
of God. If you watch my films, you will know that I have never shot any movie
that is obscene. I tell my stories but you will never see me naked. Even when I
try to portray some nude scenes, I do it moderately.
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