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150 pages new book titled “REBIRTH” by Juliana Olayode a.k.a Toyo baby
of popular television series, Jenifa’s Diary, detailed revelations
about the good, bad and ugly parts of her life, career and much more.
Here is a summary of the book in 10 points;
1. She lost her v!rginity at 17 to her married music teacher
Juliana
gave detailed narration of how she lost her v!rginity to her married
music teacher at 17, how he brainwashed her into believing he would
marry her.
She wrote: “The day finally came. He wanted to
move the date because he was expecting some money that he wanted to use
to pay for a good hotel, but moving it would mean my mum back from
church. So, he settled for a cheap hotel. I still remember the smell of
cigarette that filled the room. I hated the smell of alcohol and
cigarette; I still do. We had to wait at the reception for the room to
be cleaned and aired.
“So, we
went back into the room, and it happened. It was a painful experience
for me. I cried at different points and he kept apologising, begging me
to keep my voice down lest they think he was raping me. He told me to
relax and bear the pain. In his words, “do not be a weak woman”. That
got at me because I hated feeling or being treated as weak.I asked for a
break. He tutored me some more and tried again until he finally got
through. It was not anything like he had told me it would be. I saw no
clouds, I made no sounds, I felt nothing special. It was painful all
the way, but it was obvious he was satisfied.
“When
he was done, I checked the bed for blood. I screamed! There was no
blood! He told me that not all v!rgins saw blood. I was so confused,
but chose to believe him anyway. Soon after, he slept, and I was there
crying. Why didn’t I see blood? Even if not all v!rgins see blood, why
should I be on that list? How would I tell the story of losing my
v!rginity without blood? Who would believe me that I was actually a
v!rgin?”
2. Juliana Olayode’s mother is an illiterate!
Although her father is educated, Juliana revealed that her mother was uneducated and could not read!
She wrote: “In
my letter to my mum, I was able to tell her how terrified I had been
living in my step-dad’s house. I thanked her for telling me the details
of what happened to her after dad asked her to leave. I told her I was
proud of her and that I would make her proud. I gave it to her and she
kept it in her bag. Later on, I asked her if she had read it and she
reminded me she could not read. I wondered how I forgot that. My dad
was the one who could read, not my mum.
“So,
your guess is as good as mine. I had to read it to her! I was so shy. I
read it to her and had to explain some parts in Yoruba. Long before I
was done, she was already crying. I said “I love you” to my mum and it
sounded so strange to my ears. I forced the words out of my mouth and
then hugged her. My mum laughed and said I was behaving like ‘Oyinbo’,
like an American.”
3. Her pastor abused her s*xually!
Juliana also revealed that one of her pastors *exually abused her one time.
She wrote: “I
got to church and it was just the pastor there. I assumed he was the
one who picked his children from school that day as they were still in
their school uniforms and they were with him in church. He told me to
come into his office and asked his children to go into the car.
“In
his office, he asked me if I read the scriptures he gave me and if I
observed my prayer time. I told him I did. So he then claimed God told
him I needed a spiritual bath and that I had to take my clothes off. He
claimed his office had been supernaturally made a spiritual bathroom.
He wanted to wash away the dirty water that was poured on me in my
dream.
“As he spoke those words,
I began to cry. Was my case that critical? Why would God want me to
have a bath in the pastor’s office? Couldn’t God wash me without me
taking off my clothes? Why all these complications? The pastor told me
to stop crying and that I should follow God’s instructions through him.
He said he would excuse me so God could do the sanctification. He left
his office. I shut the door, made sure the windows were locked and put
the curtains down.
“I was
naked in his office. He had told me how to pray and I prayed. I cried
as I did. I saw the door handle moving so I quickly got up, and got
dressed. I opened the door and he came in with oil. He claimed again
that God asked him to anoint my body from head to toe. So, the
anointing session started. He anointed my head, my eyes, and was moving
down. When he got to my chest, he did the sign of the cross and wanted
to proceed to touch me. I stopped him and told him to put the oil in
my hand. I would anoint myself.
“He told me to lie
down, that he wanted to anoint me down there. It was at the point when
he wanted to anoint me, I remembered I had forgotten to wear my pant
when I hurriedly dressed up. At that time, I also remembered the dirty
things Mr. F used to talk about. It was then my eyes were opened and I
knew what this man was trying to do to me. I got upset, took my bag and
left immediately.”
4. How her Meeting with Mercy Aigbe charged her life
Talking about how controversial actress, Mercy Aigbe’s words changed her life.
She wrote: “Someday
last year, I met Mercy Aigbe through one of my friends that works with
her, Tosin Odusanya. She was very pleasant and kind. She answered many
of my questions and gave me some serious words of advice. I could tell
she was talking from experience.
At
that time, I had just been written out of the Jenifa’s Diary TV
series. I told her about my desire to change my social media account
name from Toyo Baby to another name I wanted to push. I explained my
fears and struggles. After listening to me, she encouraged me on my
stand as a Christian, asked me to stay out of scandals and told me to
maintain good relationships in the industry. In response to my change of
name, she told me sternly, “Do not confuse your fans. You worked hard
for that name. You gave life to the Toyo Baby character. Ride on it!”
It was after my conversation with her, that I got more comfortable with
people calling me Toyo Baby everywhere and I watched God open doors
for me. That meeting with Mercy Aigbe was a great blessing to me.”
5. She is only 22 years old!:
Even though she looks and carries herself like a 30 years old lady, Juliana just turned 22, June, 2017!
She wrote: “I
finished writing the first draft of this book some days to my birthday
this year. I clocked twenty-two (22) on Wednesday, the 7 of June,
2017. So, you can easily deduce that I was born Wednesday, the 7 of
June, 1995. Now, I would assume this is the most shocking piece of
information in this book. I have found out that the top question people
are asking Google about Juliana Olayode, is her age. Now, you know.”
6. She was born in a Church!
Julie
also revealed how she was born in a church, she revealed how her
mother went into labour for 3 days, and was taken to the church for
prayers and later birthed her!
She wrote: “The last time
she called me Aduragbemi was when she told me how I was born. She was
in labour for three days! She kept seeing a black cat and every time
she saw it, she lost her strength. The strange thing was she was the
only one seeing the cat. The midwives did not see it. They were
beginning to think she had a problem.
“On
the third day, she asked to be taken to church. The head of the prayer
team prayed over a cup of water and gave her to drink. At that moment,
my mum’s strength was renewed and she stopped seeing the cat. That’s
how I came into this beautiful world at C.A.C. (Christ Apostolic
Church), Oke-Iyanu, Ogba, Lagos. That was the reason behind my name,
Aduragbemi.”
7. She started menstruating on the 5th of April, 2010
She wrote: “On
the 5 of April, 2010, I got home, took off my uniform and saw a blood
stain. At this time, I was in Senior Secondary School, at Babs Fafunwa
Millenium, Ojodu, Lagos. I did not remember having any injury and mum
was not home. When I discovered where the blood was coming from, I
started crying. How would I explain this to my mum? I kept cleaning,
but it kept flowing. I hurried to Toyosi
“Oyesile’s
place. She asked what was wrong and I explained to her, perplexed at
bleeding non stop, without an injury. She laughed at me; she laughed so
hard, she nearly choked on her laughter. I was irritated at her
insensitivity. I wanted to walk out when she pulled me back, locked the
door and said, “Congratulations. You’re now a woman”. She hugged me
very tight.”
8. Her role in Jenifa’s diary gave her fame NOT Money!
She
also revealed that her role in Janifa’s diary made her famous NOT
rich, contrary to what people think! She also talked about how she
hustled for Ushering jobs as low as 5k just to make ends meet after
acting the Toyo baby’s role in the Comic Series
“The plans
my mum and I had were exaggerated. I was paid for the series, but the
money I received could not do all my mum and I had fantasized about. In
retrospect, I laugh at the things my mum had planned to do with the
pay; we had big dreams. I honestly did not know how big my role in
Jenifa’s Diary would be when I got the role. I thought I would be done
after the first season. I was surprised when I was called back season
after season. I got so busy. Jenifa’s Diary practically became my life;
I was almost always on set.
“Even
though I was already acting in the Jenifa’s Diary TV series, whenever I
got a call for ushering jobs, I took them. I needed the extra pay. I
did decent ushering jobs. I had values I could not compromise. No club,
bar or night ushering jobs. No jobs with indecent outfits. I did the
regular wedding, and concert jobs. The pay for decent ushering jobs was
as low as Five thousand Naira per job but for me it was worth it.
“My
mum was concerned for me, wondering why I would be on TV and still be
going for such cheap jobs. I told her I had to do so. I could not sit
at home when not on set doing nothing and I definitely was not going to
sleep around. Dee did not like the idea either, but he understood my
position.
“There were times I
went for ushering jobs and people recognised me. I smiled at them. At
times, fellow ushers jeered at me, wondering what Toyo Baby was doing
serving as an usher with them. I always found a way of laughing my way
out of the teasing. I was living with the Adiguns at this time. TiTiMi
always gave us monthly stipends. Even if I asked for more before the
next was due, I was sure they would give me, but I wanted to make more
money myself. But eventually, the ushering job started getting very
embarrassing. There was a day I went all the way to Shagamu for an
ushering job and after a long day, working, we were paid One thousand
Naira. The Madame said she had not been paid and asked us to write down
our account details. Except she plans to pay tomorrow, I got no alert.
“At
that point, I cried to God. I felt cheated. It was getting too
humiliating. I cried to God and He made me know I should stop the
ushering jobs. It was only God that could stop me in spite of the
embarrassment. I was asking Him to make sure the woman paid me, but He
said I should stop ushering. I was initially upset with God, but before I
left the place of prayer, He had comforted me.”
9. She could NOT go to school even after gaining admission cos of poverty!
She wrote: “I
graduated from Babs Fafunwa Millenium Senior Grammar School, Ojodu-
Berger, Lagos. I was the Head Girl in my final year at school, loved by
the principal, Mrs. Adebayo, other teachers and students. My
Valedictory Ceremony in school was a very emotional one. I was missing
everyone and everything already, coupled with the fact that I was
afraid of facing life outside the four walls of my school.
“Before
I graduated, I took the JAMB exam and I passed. I was already an
undergraduate at the University of Ibadan as I had been given admission
to study the course I applied for, Mass Communication. Mrs. Adebayo
was all smiles when I made the information public. She announced it to
the school with so much pride. People applauded and my teachers
congratulated me.
“Little did I
know I was going to lose the admission. My mum tried so hard to raise
my acceptance fee, tuition and other necessary payments, but she did
not make headway. I told her not to worry; I assured her our finances
would be better the next year. She still tried to raise it, but we
missed the deadline. She was bitter for days and wondered why they
would not extend the deadline. That was how I missed my admission to
the University of Ibadan. My principal and my English teacher, Mrs.
Obabolujo called me to follow up. When I disclosed the bad news, they
were upset with me and told me I should have kept them abreast with how
things were going.
10. Her parents are separated and are both married to different people now!
Her
mother married a Native doctor and her father married a divorcee who
forced her and her younger brother to hawk puff even when she was
suffering from chicken pox and had an infected leg!
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