Popular Nollywood actor, Kunle Remi, has spoken out after he was excluded from the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards 2023 nominations.
The movie star, who was the lead actor in the Netflix blockbuster ‘Anikulapo’, was snubbed in the ‘Best Actor’ category despite the fact that the movie received 16 nominations.
See the nomination list below,
Chidi Mokeme – Shanty Town
Blossom Chukwujekwu – The Trade
Kayode Kasum – All The Colours of The World Are Between Black and White
Femi Adebayo Salami – King of Thieves
OC Ukeje – Black Mail
Patriq Nkaka – Tembele
Etim Effiong – Kofa
Chimezie Imo – Choke
Tobi Bakre – Brotherhood
Richard Mofe Damijo – Four Four Forty Four
Kunle Remi’s exclusion from the list didn’t sit well with many fans and lovers of the movie who trooped to different social media platforms to air their grievance with AMVCA.
Read some comments below,
Kunle Remi has now responded to the public outcry in a post shared on his Instagram page, where he appreciated his fans for the love and recognition.
The 34-year-old actor also congratulated the nominees and joked that they are lucky he was not nominated, otherwise he would have won the award.
He also pointed out that his colleague, Deyemi Okanlawom, was also not nominated in the ‘best actor’ category and playfully asked his closed ones to check how he is faring.
Kunle wrote,
“I have been seeing all the tags after the AMVCA nomination announcement. It would be nonchalant to not appreciate the love, calls and messages.
Thank you kindred.💗First of, congratulations to all my friends/colleagues this year won’t be great without y’all’s amazing work and effort.
God save una, cos if I Dey the categories I for win 😂😂😂
(Joke) before una say otherwise.
Let the best man win ❤️P.S- Please someone should check on deyemitheactor 😂😂😂😂
KR Kindred… you know how it is… we keep catching fun and doing fhingz.❤️and many more fhingz”
See his post below,
