{"id":207892,"date":"2025-02-17T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=207892"},"modified":"2025-02-17T08:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:44:51","slug":"i-am-doing-this-to-protect-my-image-rotimi-salami-speaks-following-accusation-by-production-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/02\/17\/i-am-doing-this-to-protect-my-image-rotimi-salami-speaks-following-accusation-by-production-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI am doing this to protect my image\u201d \u2013 Rotimi Salami speaks following accusation by production manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Rotimi Salami took to his Instagram page to share his side of the story, stating that his senior colleague, Lekan Olatunji, had contacted him for a movie project, which was to be shot in two days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Unfortunately, the date of the shoot was rescheduled four times for unknown reasons.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rotimi Salami stated that because he couldn\u2019t wait longer following a delay from the movie crew, he left the set, only for the production manager to push a wrong narrative about him to defame him.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nollywood actor Rotimi Salami has addressed allegations made by a production manager, who claimed that he left a movie set without completing his shoot.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Ogundare Fatima had publicly appealed to her colleague, Rotimi Salami to return to the movie set after he left without completing his continuity scenes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-207899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/FB_IMG_1739781145885.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/FB_IMG_1739781145885.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/FB_IMG_1739781145885-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/FB_IMG_1739781145885-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/FB_IMG_1739781145885-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/FB_IMG_1739781145885-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In reaction to this, Rotimi Salami took to Instagram to share his side of the story, stating that he was initially contacted by his senior colleague, Lekan Olatunji, for a two-day movie project.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rotimi Salami, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/09\/29\/i-broke-my-knees-in-so-much-pain-wumi-toriola-recounts-disturbing-occurrence-days-before-her-movie-shoot\/\">the shoot was rescheduled four tim<\/a>es, and on the final scheduled date, he requested mobilization and received N100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the payment, Rotimi Salami claimed that he arrived on set in Abeokuta at 2:30 pm due to car issue.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that a specific time was allocated for his appearance, and there were no plans for him to stay overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The actor explained that he had to leave the set due to delays from the movie crew, as he had an important appointment in Lagos. He denied the production manager&#8217;s claims, stating that they aimed to defame him.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cREAD CAREFULLY..<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I am doing this because I need to protect my image on Social Media first, especially because of those who truly care and have reached out to me, but I couldn\u2019t pick or explain anything to them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This will be the last time I will be saying anything about this here.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Meanwhile, defaming me with such a post<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>And posting my business mobile number for people who know nothing about my transactions to call and bash me does have a fine.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>After all these my epistle.. Whether you find me guilty or not. 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