“I bleached my skin because if you were dark-skinned, then you would not get a role. Also, if you were not chubby but slim, you would not get a role,” the actress said.
“So, I went ahead, bleached my skin and started expecting to get roles. And indeed, I started getting roles,” she said.
“But people could not recognize me any longer. If I stepped out to buy something, people would go like, ‘You look familiar,’ ‘You look like an actress,’ and all sorts,” she recounted.
“I was not happy with it, but I kept on pushing,” she said.
The actress then revealed that she began experiencing injuries and skin tears from minor bruises while working on movie sets.
“Then, I started sustaining injuries and tears from minor bruises on sets and all,” she said.
According to Jinadu, the reality of her situation became clearer in 2023 when she became pregnant and had to stop bleaching her skin.
“It all dawned on me when I got pregnant in 2023. And when you are pregnant, you cannot bleach your skin,” she said.
She explained that stopping the practice brought another challenge, as people began criticizing her appearance after her complexion changed.
“When I eventually stopped, people started abusing me and calling me all sorts of names,” she said.
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