This is a bonus episode of Tea with Tay, brought to you in partnership with Tiger Beer, sitting down with Nollywood actor Uzor Arukwe the man behind Odogwu Parara for a conversation over a cold one about fame, faith, and the long road it took to get there.

Uzor traces the path from a third-class degree in economics he’s never admitted to publicly before, to losing his corporate job at Etisalat for sneaking off to auditions, to over a year of silence where no gigs came at all. He talks about the phone call that interrupted his own prayer session and became his first real break, and the YouTube shoot a job he almost didn’t finish after his co-star fainted on set that turned into the most-watched thing he’s ever done.

It’s a conversation that moves from real talk to bants capped off with a Tiger Beer tasting and a rapid-fire round that gets Uzor to admit things he probably didn’t plan on saying on camera.

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In this episode, Tay closes out Season 5 with Venita Akpofure, British-Nigerian actress, model and entrepreneur, for a conversation about reinvention, motherhood, and finally coming into her own.

From her early years modelling and starring as the iconic Mimi on AY’s Crib to becoming one of the highest-paid video vixens in Africa before social media existed to amplify any of it, Venita reflects on building a career from scratch and on the culture shock of straddling two very different worlds growing up between Warri and the UK.

She also opens up about losing herself completely during her marriage, the bathroom moment that made her realise she needed out, rebuilding her life and finances almost from nothing in Turkey, and how she’s raising her two daughters with intention while refusing to let bitterness take root.

There are funny moments, honest reflections, and plenty of tea from a woman closing out this season exactly the way she opened her career on her own terms.

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In this episode, Tay sits down with Chimezie Imo, actor and AMVCA Trailblazer winner best known for his role in Breath of Life, for a conversation about rejection, reinvention, and finally being seen.

From choosing to study Applied Ecology instead of acting to years of jumping multiple buses across Lagos for auditions he rarely expected to win, Chimezie reflects on being told outright that he’d never make it as a leading man, the years that comment cost him, and the last-minute set change that handed him his breakout role in Nimbe.

He also opens up about the AMVCA night he broke down on stage after hearing his own old bio read back to him, the weeks he spent off social media after being the only one not nominated for Breath of Life, and his love for fashion.

There are funny moments, honest reflections, and plenty of tea from an actor who has spent over a decade proving people wrong — settle in.

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