Yoruba actor Kunle Omisore has called veteran actress Remi Surutu his girlfriend and then described a closeness that goes far beyond ordinary set banter. The clip, from his sit-down on the African A-List podcast, is now racing across timelines.
“Remi Surutu is my girlfriend! Anytime she hears I’m coming on set, she’s always especially happy. She knows we’re going to have fun together,” he said.
He rooted the bond in their shared relationship with his hometown and language.
“I was born in Ondo, and she has a relationship with Ondo people too, so we can easily flow in the dialect. We can gist and you won’t understand a word we’re saying.”
Then he went further.
“We have a great relationship. We talk about personal things and share secrets. And as close friends, I’m always touching her, playing with her, hugging her. We are very close.”
Omisore said she is the person who lifts the weight when he has a lot on his mind.
“She’s one of the people that gets my mind off things when I feel burdened when we start talking. We distract each other on set sometimes too.”
The late-night access is the line fans cannot drop.
“I can wake up dead in the night to call her and she will pick up the phone and she can call me at anytime and I’ll answer too.”
That mix of “girlfriend,” hugging, shared secrets and midnight calls is why the clip feels hotter than a standard colleague tribute. On the same podcast, Omisore talked about life after a failed marriage, loneliness and fatherhood. Against that backdrop, the Remi Surutu praise does not sound small.
Remilekun Oshodi, known as Remi Surutu from the hit that gave her the name, is a native of Ondo State and has been on screen since the 1980s, from Village Headmaster into decades of Yoruba cinema. She has not issued a public reply.
Two early comments under the clip captured the split. One user wrote:
“Haa!!! Nkan be,” the Yoruba shorthand for something strange is going on.
Another was colder:
“What a kiss and tell! I just hope Remi Surutu is not married. What is this interview supposed to achieve?”