Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva has dismissed claims that her husband, veteran actor Olu Jacobs, has passed away.
A Punch report sighted by African Entertainment revealed that Silva indicated in an exclusive interview that Mr Jacobs was alive and enjoying a nice meal as at the time he was reported dead.
She was quoted by Punch as saying “Don’t mind them, they’re just talking rubbish; don’t disturb your head. He is in the living room right now about to have Eba and Ogbono soup. Let them keep deceiving themselves. He is hale and hearty”
Earlier on Tuesday evening, October 5, 2021, Mr. Jacobs’ supposed death started trending on Twitter.
The 79-year-old Jacobs, who has starred in several Nollywood movies was recently at a Lancelot Imasuen movie set in Lagos.