Yoruba movie star, Adewale Adeoye fondly called Adewale Elesho, has said he gained popularity from childbirth because he was born as an albino person.
The Nollywood veteran told media personality, Adedoyin Kukoyi, in an interview on Sunday that it was not popular to give birth to a child with albinism in those days because his parents had a different complexion from him.
He revealed how parents sometimes scolded their kids whenever they went to visit him, and many others came to see him out of curiosity.
According to Elesho, when his late mother, who was a trader, gave birth to him, she was sad because there might be the suspicion that her Lebanese supplier fathered him due to his complexion. He narrated;
Elesho narrated how his elder brother, Yekinni Adebola, would fight tooth and nail because he was called an albino, revealing that it was when he admitted being one that his brother knew he didn’t take it as a challenge.
Adewale is the father of popular skit maker, Yemi Elesho, who is known for his roles in comedy skits.
Elesho began his journey to stardom and popularity as an Instagram skit maker in 2016 when his fellow comedian, Arole, introduced him to it.
