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Video: “It was a tongue slip,” Laide Bakare apologizes for the daughter’s alcohol comment

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Nollywood actress, Laide Bakare, issued a public apology after revealing that she was the one who first presented her daughter, Similoluwa, clubs and alcohol at the age of 17.

In a recent interview, the actress admitted that she personally gave her daughter her first experience club and even her first alcoholic beverage.

“In fact, I am the first person who will take her to a club. That was her first experience in the club. And I like the fact that, in her memory, her first alcoholic beverage and clubs were through me,” said Laide.

After the violent reaction that followed his comment, Laide in a video shared online, apologized for the statement, describing it as a language slip.

Also read: Laide Bakare Backtracks, says “I didn’t introduce my daughter to alcohol”

“I didn’t know that I said it. The video was sent to me where I said it, but it was a language slip. Such never happened. I did not introduce alcohol at all. I will never do that. The girl (Similoluwa) also felt bad.

I am using the video to apologize to Simi, sorry, the parents who feel that I was wrong with that step. Please forgive me for error, ”he said.

Tribune Online previously reported that Laide Bakare, in a viral video, said he took his daughter to the club for the first time and allowed him to drink alcohol even at age 17.

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