Rotimi Salami: I was prepared for gossip before stardom

Nollywood actor, Rotimi Salami has revealed that he had prepared for gossip around him and women long before he attained stardom.

In a recent interview, Salami said he had prepared for the gossip long before he attained stardom because he knows people will always talk and attach him to one lady or the other.

In his words, “I honestly do not know, maybe because I am a spiritual person and I know so well that people will gossip and if they don’t gossip about you then you are dead. I already prepared myself that once stardom comes in, people will gossip about me and outside stardom, I am a fine boy and I attract the opposite sex.

“So, I was ready for the gossip and rumours but the only person I believe I am answerable to is my wife and since my wife understood the terrain, I don’t care what people think. As long as it’s not going to stop the endorsement or my source of livelihood, I don’t care. In fact, it was even Allwell that called me saying Rotimi, did you hear what people are saying about us and I said, so what? And she asked if I wasn’t bothered and I told her that I wasn’t bothered except you were no longer supporting me and guiding me and she did that till her death.”

He also weighed in on his relationship with Allwell Ademola, who passed on recently, saying she’s a sister without blood relation,

He said, “When people ask me about my relationship with Allwell Ademola, I ask them back what do they think because I know that whatever my response is will not hold water as many people who ask the question already have preconceived answer for it, so my response will not change anything but for the sake of the question, I will simply say she’s my sister.

“There are people who are not related to you by blood but because of the relationship you share with them, you can call them bloodline, so I would say Allwell Ademola is a bloodline, my sister and everything.”

Allwell Ademola passed away on December 27, 2025 at the age 49 years old.