The seasoned Nollywood actor Joseph Benjamin has shared a thrilling life story.
He described how he entered the taxi industry after becoming lost in the United States of America.
The 46-year-old actor made this revelation while participating in the most recent episode of Teju Babyface’s podcast King of Talks.
Benjamin claimed that he moved from Nigeria to the United States after being promised movie jobs there, but the individual eventually let him down.
In his words ;
“I got to America on a promise that I had some gigs waiting for me. So I thought I was going to have a soft landing there. I packed up everything from Nigeria, bought a one-way ticket, and came to America.
“I was put in a well-furnished house and all of that. Then two days later, the person who I was supposed to book a deal with said to me, ‘Those our financiers have pulled out. They have an issue.’ So, I said, what do I do? He was like, ‘From next month on, you will have to start paying rent in this house.’ The amount of the one-month rent was equivalent to a one-year rent in Nigeria.
“I’m like, ‘I’m not earning any money so what do I do?’ I don’t know what to do. So, shot into that life, I had to figure out what to do. I had nowhere to go. Nothing to turn to. My phone was buzzing, like, ‘When are you coming back to Nigeria? We have this gig for you.’ Teju, $1,500 was all I came to America with. How do I buy a ticket to go back to Nigeria?
“My life pattern then was so disorganised in the sense that I didn’t have a proper saving culture. With all the money I was making in Nigeria, my life was a mess.
“I was like, ‘No, no, no …’ He was like, ‘Yes, welcome to it. So, here you are, now way to earn a living. How do you move forward?’ Then, sometimes I will be in my room crying. I’m like, ‘Lord where do I go from here?’ And for some reason every month I get to pay the rent. I got connected to my church. And then someone gave me a car. I’m like, what do I do with the car? And they said Uber. I was driving for Uber and Lyft to pay my bills.”
Watch the video below ;
Why I worked as an Uber and Lyft driver in the U.S – Nollyman actor, Joseph Benjamin bares it all
Teju Babyface pic.twitter.com/EJTGipBjZx
— Everything Everything (@Iamsamdan) August 9, 2023
You may also like to read this
