“I slowed down but I still smoke, drink and Womanise” – Sick Actor Bakare

Olumide Bakare is a notable Yoruba actor, whose been battling with sickness for almost three years.

The sixty-three year-old Nollywood actor recently said that he has been drinking, smoking and womanizing since he was a young man and that it will be a very hard task to these habits. In an interview with Encomium, the actor said:

“I have not out-rightly stopped but I have slowed down. I don’t know how to tell lies. I still smoke and drink. I still find time to sleep with women. But the truth is that I am not doing all these things as before. And the fact still remains that I am not properly married.”

When asked if he was taking any precautions to curtail his habits, the actor said;

“Let me tell you one thing about life. God doesn’t care about habit but your heart. How clean is your heart to God and people around you? How do you sail across the ocean of your life and all that? All these are what God cares about. It is not about whether you smoke or drink. Even those who don’t smoke and drink, worse things happen to them. I am a very straight forward person I have been in all these habits for about 45 years and I want to tell you, no shaking”.

Few months ago, there were reports that the famous ‘Chief Koko’ of the infamous ‘Koko Close’ TV series of the early 80s was hospitalized due to a heart disease ailment, a news which some of his colleagues debunked at that time. The veteran actor who has featured in films such as, ‘Oduduwa,’ ‘Maroro,’ “Chief Koko Close,” and many others is said to have relocated to Ibadan, Oyo State.