Monday 30 December 2013

“I Just Love to Look at Genevieve Nnaji” –Melvin Oduah

BBA Finalist Recently had a chat with the Punch about his experience, style, his time at the BBA house and his inspiration.

When asked about his celebrity crush, Melvin who reveals
that he is very much single says "My crush in Nollywood is
Genevieve Nnaji."

He goes on to say "She inspires me a lot. I always want to
look at her facial expression anytime I am watching her
movies and the way she acts inspires me a lot. Outside, I have
Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj and many
others.".

Full Interview Below:

Q: What was the experience of being in one house for 91
days like?

A: It was not easy at all being there for 91 days. But it was a
wonderful experience. It had positive impact on all of us. We
learned to live with people of different temperament from
different countries and backgrounds. We got to tolerate and
endure each other because of the rule that said one was never
to allow oneself to be provoked. It was a very wonderful
experience and I don't regret going for it.

Q: When you were asked the first thing you would buy with your prize money, you said clothes. Are you that obsessed with clothes?

A: I love fashion. I said I would buy clothes because I always
love to look good. As an entertainer, Ialways love to appear
elegant.

Q: How has being in the Big Brother House affected your
style?

A: The difference is not much. I was able to appreciate some
styles more when I met a fashion designer like Elikem. He
shared his clothes to everybody and we all came to appreciate
his designs a lot. If you are a casual dresser who finds yourself in that situation, you will be forced to try out one of
the designs. It gave me a diversification of all styles. I wanted to try on everything. There were things I saw on style and dressing that I would love to explore some more. It really
made a huge difference in my style.

Q: What style personality are you?

A: I love to diversify; I love to wear different kinds of things.
But if you ask me what my style is most times, I would tell
you that it is casual.

Q: You seem to have fondness for a particular hairstyle

A: This is the first time I am wearing a Mohawk hairstyle
with slit beside it. It is not my regular hairstyle. I usually wear
a punk look. But in the house, people try to experiment. I just
decided that it was an opportunity for me to try something
different and that was how I came up with my current
hairstyle. I did the Mohawk alone first then added the two
lines the following week. A lot of people say it looks nice on
me so I think I will just consider doing this more often.

Q: Are you adventurous?

A: Yes, I am very adventurous. I am so adventurous that
having been out of the house now, I cannot wait to actually
visit and spend time with all the housemates in their home
countries. I want to see all the things they have been telling
me.

Q: What is your favourite fashion accessory?
A: I love silver.

Q: What can you not be caught wearing?

A: Skirt.

Q: Which celebrity do you have a crush on?

A: My crush in Nollywood is Genevieve Nnaji. She inspires
me a lot. I always want to look at her facial expression
anytime I am watching her movies and the way she acts
inspires me a lot. Outside, I have Jennifer Lopez, Kim
Kardashian, Nicki Minaj and many others.

Q: What first impression do people have about you that is
wrong?

A: Some people think I am a snob.

Q: You were just one of a very few who did not kiss
anybody in the house. How could you spend 91 days like
that?

A: I did kiss in the house. We played some games in the
house where we had to chase women. However, I did
not fall in love. People that fell in love were not many. You
are making it sound as if I was the only one who did
not fall in love. We had just about five couples in the entire
season and it does not mean that because they were couples,
everybody must be couples. It is different strokes for different
people and I am just one of those people that did not
just fall in love in the house.

Q: Is it because you are in love with somebody outside the
house?

A: No. I am single, I don't have a relationship. It is not that
the girls were not hot. A lot of the girls in the house were
decent. I loved the personality of many of them but you know
these things. I am not one of those people who would
just jump into a relationship. I take my time to observe first.

Q: Who did you have a crush on, Delish?

A: Delish had this thing about her. As soon as she entered the
house, she let everybody know that she had a very strong
relationship outside the house. She was not interested in
dating anybody in the house. She always told us about all the
good things the guy did for her and how he had assisted her
for years. She created an aura around herself that warned
people to keep off. Even at that, Delish and I were very close.
She was the housemate I was closest to apart from Beverly.
We did things together, we played a lot, as a result, people
started having the impression that I was in love with her.

Q: This is about the third show you have done and gone
up to the final, are you looking at taking part in more
shows?

A: It was the third reality TV show that I had been in and I
did not win. I cannot tell you that I will be looking for the
next reality show to take part in or that I will not be looking
for it. But I will definitely try to take my career to greater
heights. I will always try to aim for the very high things that
make my career blossom.

Q: What one thing did you see in the Big Brother house
that you felt like taking with you when you left?

A: It was the fridge. The fridge was awesome, if it were
possible, I would have carried it home.

Q: Tell us about your childhood

A: My childhood was awesome. I have always appreciated the
way my parents brought us up but being in that house made
me appreciate them more. Very few of the housemates had
near-perfect childhood. We had most of the things we wanted
but we were not spoiled. My family is nuclear, consisting of
just mom and dad and the kids. No outside marriages or
children. This fact made me appreciate my family more.
When I was talking to the other housemates, most of them had
problems with their family background. It was either death
occurred somewhere or father got married to somebody else.
There were tales of divorces or kids being brought in from
outside.

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