Femi Brainard, a veteran Nollywood actor, opens up about the difficulties he’s had since relocating overseas and discusses how he had to work as an Uber driver in America to support his family.
He revealed that there was a point in his life when he had nothing and was broke after moving to America. He had been so broken that day that he had gone outside to cry in the parking lot.
Brainard said that he had to become an Uber driver at some point, and although he never had a problem with this, many Nigerians he had carried in his car did.
In his words;
“At times it would be so hard,I no go get Money for hand. That day I went to the parking lot of our apartment, I cried, na me bring this woman here. Yankee no know star o… I had to feed my family. I know these couple from the airport, the husband was like, ‘ask him if he is Femi Brainard and I said yes. The husband didn’t know when he reached at me and asked ‘bros what are you doing here”.
“As difficult as Nigeria seems to be, I would rather be a prince and a celebrity in a system that is not working than come to this place and be a nobody. I am still bothered about rent.”
