“Speaking Yoruba is draining, sometimes it hurts my nerves” — Adunni Ade says as she urges Nigerians to speak only English

Popular Nollywood actress, Adunni Ade, has triggered mixed reactions online after she claims that speaking Yoruba irks her nerves.

She made her position clear in an interview with Channels Television when she was asked by the host to speak her Native language.

The half-caste actress who is born to a German-American mother and a Nigerian father politely refused, and gave her reasons.

According to her, the recognized language in Nigeria is English, which she implored everybody to start speaking while claiming that speaking in her native tongue irks her.

She also added that a lot of people are quite rude about it and forcibly demand that she speaks her native language.

Admittedly, she realizes that many people are surprised she can actually speak Yoruba owing to her looks. Adunni Ade also appreciated her dad for bringing her down to Nigerian to learn the Yoruba culture and traditions.

See some reactions to her statement below

@A_RWAC said: “Why do I feel she’s trying to distance herself from being Yoruba? Or am I just getting the entire convo wrong? When she said “my father brought me to Nigeria to learn the Nigerian culture” I was like are you joking, your YouTube father brought you home to learn his culture no to learn Nigerian culture like you’re some tourist.”

@drakson_MCI wrote: “Such iconic name shouldn’t have been given to this person”.

@Wesleydeycook added: “Be like sey she dey cr*ze, if no be Yoruba movies who go sabi her”.

@RadicalYouthMan commented: “Nothing wokeness will not cause in Nigeria… Speaking your native language hurts your nerves ???”.

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“Speaking Yoruba is draining, sometimes it hurts my nerves.”

— Adunni Ade pic.twitter.com/xVpTAGstyN

— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) March 5, 2024