"I Have A Steady Girlfriend! It Hurts When People Call Me Gay" - Benson Okonkwo

Controversial Nollywood actor, Benson Okonkwo while speaking with Punch, rubbished debunked reports that he is gay. The actor who has starred in

movies

like - 'The Pregnant Hawker', 'One Dollar' and 'Strippers in Love', where he played the role of a homosexual said,

"Most times, when I grant interviews to blogs, the subject is always twisted out of context. Most of those commenting on those blogs would say that I am gay. Maybe, it is because of the roles I have played in some movies. "They should understand that I am only acting and the roles have nothing to do with my personality. I get embarrassed when people mistake the part I play in a movie for reality and call me a gay. And to think that I have always said that I am not gay! It really hurts... "I am not bothered by what people are saying about me. To be honest with you, if I felt that the comments were a big problem to me, I would have stopped granting interviews long ago. What my critics don’t know is that I have a steady girlfriend. But I won’t talk about her. I don’t like to talk about my private life," he says.

 Speaking on Nollywood...

"Nollywood is cool and I am passionate about acting. I hope to make it to

Hollywood

some day. That shows how far I want to go as an actor. I may not be making a lot of money or getting endorsements, but I know I am going to be very successful."

He said he would have become a Catholic priest, but his father kicked against it...

"I wanted to become a priest. It was my childhood ambition. I was a mass server for six years and I partook in the traditional feet washing ritual for about four years. Naturally, I would have taken the necessary step to fulfil my ambition of becoming a priest but for my father’s objection to the idea," he says.