{"id":105013,"date":"2022-11-05T07:39:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T07:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=105013"},"modified":"2022-11-05T07:39:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T07:39:33","slug":"i-was-supposed-to-become-a-pastor-not-an-actress-tonto-dikeh-opens-up-in-new-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/11\/05\/i-was-supposed-to-become-a-pastor-not-an-actress-tonto-dikeh-opens-up-in-new-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI was supposed to become a pastor not an actress\u201d \u2014 Tonto Dikeh opens up in new interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood actress turned politician, Tonto Dikeh has made a shocking revelation on the career path she was supposed to take instead of acting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/07\/14\/2023-election-why-i-dropped-a-part-of-my-name-tonto-dikeh-video\/\">The deputy governorship candidate<\/a> of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers state made this revelation during an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/11\/03\/im-horrible-at-maintaining-friendship-tonto-dikeh-admits-flaw\/\">Tonto Dikeh<\/a> while speaking on her reason for joining politics revealed that she had ventured into different career paths despite once being a church girl with dreams of becoming a pastor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an opportunist with this thing called acting or entertainment. 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