In the early hours of yesterday, veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan was seen in a viral video trending on the internet showing him engaging in a scuffle with a fan on the streets of Ilaro, Ogun State.
The video also showed Ogogo entering his car and driving away after he exchanged fists with the unknown person.
Sharing videos of the incident, Hassan took to his Instagram page to explain the reason for the altercation.
According to him, the said fan alongside others had approached him complimented his work and asked him to gift them some money, after he gave them all he had they proceeded to demand he pays them a sum he could not afford when he refused the said fan then proceeded to drag his clothes and this resulted in his reaction.
He added, “Before bloggers pick this up, let me tell my side of the story and the truth,” he wrote in the caption.
“I was in Ilaro, my own home town, for an inspection of a project, after which some unknown guys walked up to me for the normal appraisals. ‘We watch your movie’, ‘give us money, ‘We watched you all through our childhood’…All these as an actor we hear every day,” he continued.
“I offered all I had on me and one of them dragged me by my Agbada and demanded an amount I can’t pay. I asked him to leave me, he said, ‘do your worse’. The rest is story.”
The actor further admonished fans to desist from harassing entertainers for money just because they are entertainers.
“Do you pay anyone for doing your job? No. It’s our job too. Accept all we offer when we do. Remember, once a boxer, always a boxer,” he wrote.