I had Facial Paralysis Reason I Was Away From Acting, Says Actor Mokeme

Ace Nollywood actor, actor, Chidi Mokeme, has disclosed why he was off the acting scene for so long.

The actor in an interview on Channels’ TV Rubbin Minds, revealed that he had facial paralysis which kept him away from the screen.

According to him, his condition, Bell’s Palsy which is a condition that causes sudden weakness in the muscles on one side of the face.

Mokeme made this known while speaking on Channels Television’s Rubbin Minds on Sunday.

“Yeah I have been off the film for a while. After we did the promotional tour for 76 and we went to the Toronto International Film Festival. I will say something that I haven’t actually said somewhere else because after that, as we were preparing to go to the UK for the British International Film Festival, I came down with something called Bell’s Palsy, it was the first time I was hearing it,” Mokeme said.

“Bell’s Palsy comes like a stroke and it’s something that affects one side of your face and sort of gives you a droop. It was something that the doctors felt was incurable because they didn’t know what causes it, they didn’t know how to treat it. So, as an actor if you come down with something that affects your face, you can imagine what I must have been going through that time.”

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