If
a modern biblical story of a second chance is to be written from
Nollywood, the story of Toyin Abraham will take top spot. Toyin’s name
has been dragged through all available mud a celeb’s name should not be
dragged through yet she survived.
To start with, she was seen as
a razz actress, a brand with no credibility and to add double icing to
the cake, Toyin had a nasty marriage break up and got entangled in a
messy affair with controversial filmmaker (who was later caught for
alleged theft and is currently in prison).
Toyin’s inglorious
journey of self destruction assumed a national proportion when she did
not manage the aftermath of the project Mayowa, a charitable course, she
championed to raise money for a cancer patient. Internet and general
public weighed heavily against Toyin.
According to her, she
almost killed herself, she became depressed, she took to drugs, started
losing brink of reality and for those who were close to Toyin as at that
time, it was almost as if the end has come but life had a different
plan for the Edo State born actress who grew up in Ibadan. She changed
her team, changed some of her friends and most importantly; she changed
some habits, one of which was taking drugs to escape the pain of the
moment.
Not long afterwards, the effect of the new decision
began to show, Toyin got a role in Okafor’s Law and for the first time,
she became a box office actress. According to sources, Okafor’s Law has
gone on to make 100million in the cinema. She has top 6 movies coming
out in 2017. It was just as if God made 2017 for Toyin. Not only that,
Toyin has worked with two multinational companies in the space of two
weeks as brand influencer and to add icing to the cake, her latest movie
Alakada Reloaded has become the biggest movie of 2017 within days of
release. In this interview with Broadway, Toyin acknowledged that
God is truly giving her a second chance. She admitted that she is not
yet there but constantly working and disciplining herself not to go back
to her old ways. With heart full of gratitude to God and her fans
popularly called Toyin Titans,
Toyin Abraham says she is not taking anything for granted, speaks on taking
drugs, codeine, what is next and the most cherished second chance.