Nollywood heavyweight Jim Iyke has set social media ablaze after declaring that the entertainment industry is deliberately structured to promote Satanic values and self-worship, forcing many to confront uncomfortable questions about fame, faith, and the cost of stardom.
In a no-holds-barred interview with media personality Joey Akan, the veteran actor opened up about the spiritual dangers he now sees in the same industry that catapulted him to fame.
“There is no bigger enabler than the entertainment industry. This is where demons live. Entertainment is totally created and orchestrated to extol the virtues of Satanism,” Iyke stated without hesitation.
He explained that creativity itself mimics God, and the industry often pushes people toward self-exaltation instead.
“As a creative, to create is to mimic God. You can’t serve God and serve self. That is a conflict of interest. Serving self is satanism itself,” the actor explained.
Iyke reflected on his own past, admitting he once enjoyed the god-like adoration from fans.
“I have been there. I have seen people cry when I walked into a room, and I looked at them and thought I was special. No, you are not,” he confessed, describing such worship as idolatry.
According to him, finding God helped him understand the emptiness of that lifestyle. He stressed that glorifying God in entertainment requires deliberate, conscious effort because the default culture pulls in the opposite direction.
“What in the entertainment glorifies God except you intentionally or consciously pursue him?… What do we extol that is godly?” Iyke asked pointedly.
His comments have triggered passionate reactions across platforms. Supporters hail him for speaking truth as an industry insider, while critics accuse him of biting the hand that fed him after years of benefiting from the same system.