Tobi Bakre, a star of “Gangs of Lagos” and a Nollywood actor, talked about fatherhood and his marriage to his wife, Anu.
Bakre claimed in a recent episode of the podcast “Tea with Tay” that becoming a father has improved him as a person and that he works hard to set a good example for his child.
“There has not been any time I have done anyone dirty or bad intentionally. I don’t hate anybody. With every chance I get, I love people,” he said.
“This is how I advise everyone to be. Now that I am a father, I take note of these things. I look at it that for that boy growing up, I am his first example. So, what kind of man do I want the boy to be?
“Even beyond being the person I am. I strive to be a better person.
“Fatherhood is one of the best experiences in the world. It is like every day he wakes up, there is just something exciting. Whether he is learning to say something new or he is walking.”
Speaking about how he met his wife, Tobi said:
“Our first meeting was at a time when Toke and Ebuka were hosting a show for Toolz and Gbemi. And after that, we did a hangout.
“They were guests on the show. So we just happen to be entering almost at the same time. After that, we were leaving about the same time and it was more like ‘Do you guys wanna hang out’? Ok, let’s go hang out’. You know, Covid year came and the rest is history.”
Why I dumped my job at bank for BBNaija – Tobi Bakre
Tobi Bakre, one of the BBNaija’s Season 3 finalist has explained why he left his job at a bank in 2018 to participate in the TV reality show.
He had been a currency broker at Heritage Bank for four years before deciding to retire due to boredom.
Tobi revealed this during a visit on Olumurewa and Michael Sonariwo’s Menisms audiovisual podcast.
Tobi Bakre on Why He Quit Bank Job for BBNaija
“My personality when I’m doing the same thing over and over it tends to get boring. At that time I was still young. I think I was 22 at that time. So, I said ‘okay I have always wanted to go on this show [Big Brother Naija], and I’m tired of this [banking] job.’
So, it was either I start processing my japa [Visa] to Canada or I can go for [BBNaija]. And then it was more like you can go for this thing [BBNaija] and then come back and process your Canada [Visa] and whatever life brings.
“I was just really tired of where I was. So, I was like okay let me take a chance on this [BBNaija]. So, we went for Big Brother and then I didn’t really think after Big Brother this is what I want to do, that is what I want to do.
I was just like okay, in case anything should come up, I got like management, someone I respected and trusted. And I was like ‘please o, whatever it’s I’m doing there [Big Brother house], plz make sure there’s value to be gotten when I get out’.”
