A movie scene affected my marriage, got suspended in church – Zack Orji narrates

Veteran Nollywood actor, Zack Orji, has revealed that his involvement in a nude scene with actress Eucharia Anunobi in hit film, Glamour Girls affected his marriage.

Orji made this known in a candid conversation with Emmanuel Ehumadu, the host of the ‘Nollywood Hardcore: The Legend’s Untold Story’ podcast.

Explaining how the scene created issues with his wife: “Even though she’s an actress, but they were putting a lot of things on her mind,” he said.

Orji also said that his pastor contacted him, citing numerous troubling reports regarding the issue, and subsequently suspended him.

“My pastor invited me. Then I was a member of the Board of Trustees of the church. He said that he had been receiving too many calls from members from other members of the Board of Trustees. ‘How can Zach go and do this kind of thing? it is scandalous’

“He said he called me because he wanted to suspend me but he wanted to inform me first of all before suspending so eventually I was suspended for a month.

“He said he was not going to tell anybody that it was just between us but that I was suspended from doing any church activities at the time.

However, what was intended to be a private matter unexpectedly made its way into the public sphere, as the news of his suspension was leaked to the media.

He said while he was on another set for a movie, a journalist called him on the matter.

“He came to the set where I was filming and said, ‘I just want to confirm from you before going to press. Is it true that you’ve been suspended by your church?’

“I said ‘Who told you that?’ He said ‘I’m sorry. I can’t reveal the source of my information.’

“I was so angry because the pastor told me it was confidential. I went back and told the pastor what had happened. I asked him how a reporter got to know about this. He was just looking at me he couldn’t say anything.”

Orji disclosed that the incident led him to leave the church, requesting that his name be removed from the Board of Trustees and all related documents.

He said although the pastor later reached out, stating that they had retracted the suspension and didn’t want him to leave, Orji stated that his decision was final, and he had made up his mind to move on.