‘I’m not a madman,’ Hanks Anuku speaks on viral video of him roaming streets [Video]

Hanks Anuku, a popular Nollywood actor, has described how a viral video portraying him as mentally unstable had a negative influence on his career and caused him a lot of personal pain.

The video, which appeared in 2022, showed Anuku wearing in ragged clothes and apparently talking to himself, sparking major concern about his mental state.

Shortly after the video’s emergence, Nollywood actress Shan George refuted the claims, asserting that Anuku was not mentally unstable.

In a recent interview with content creator Lucky Udu, which gained traction on Sunday, Anuku clarified that the footage was from a movie set.

The actor explained that he was preparing for a role that required him to portray a mentally unstable character, and he was immersing himself in the environment to perfect his performance.

“I was trying to get into character for a role I was going to play, a madman role. Someone who was not in his correct senses or right frame of mind,” Hanks Anuku stated.

“So I had to go naturally visit the environment on how I would play it in that same neighborhood. I was just showing the way the director wanted me to do it, meditating and getting into character.

He refuted rumours that he was on drugs and sick, stressing that he is not a madman, and that he is very sane.

“They said a lot of stuff. They said I was sick, on drugs, I am not sick, i was not on drugs, maybe they saw me depressed, depression can bring stress. But me being on drugs, that’s not true: I am not a madman, I am very sane,”

Anuku lamented the repercussions of the video, which led to a loss of friends, job offers, and income. “I lost friends, producers no longer contacted me for jobs. I lost a lot of money, I lost jobs, and I was jobless. People did not care about me. It was God who directed my footsteps to a good soul,” he shared.

Reflecting on the ordeal, Hanks Anuku expressed his heartbreak over the situation. “I went through pain. If you were in my shoes, you would feel it. I was heartbroken for these people to do this to me.”