Veteran Actor Dele Odule Reveals He Once Planned His Own Funeral Amid Career Frustration

(Dele Odule.photo credit: punch news)

Dele Odule, a seasoned Nigerian actor, has disclosed that he was so frustrated by his personal and professional difficulties that he once went so far as to price his own coffin.

In an interview with Feelright TV, the actor revealed this; a video of the interview appeared online on Wednesday. Odule described the visit with fellow actress Olaiya Igwe, who became emotional.

"I had priced my own casket before, when I was in a state of hopelessness and complete loss of hope," he stated in Yoruba. I went there with Olaiya Igwe. Olaiya began to cry uncontrollably.

The actor clarified that although he was not suffering from any ailment at the time, he had been extremely disappointed by what he perceived to be a lack of advancement in his career in comparison to his contemporaries.

"I wasn't ill; I simply thought I couldn't make any more advancements in the field. I was tired. since my life was nothing to write home about and all of my classmates were doing far better than me," he remarked.

Odule started his acting career in the 1970s and rose to fame as the lead in the iconic Yoruba movie Ti Oluwa Nile.

Watch the video below:

𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐈 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞

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