It’s not every day you see a sexagenarian wearing his heart on his sleeve—or on his Instagram feed. Matters of the heart are typically the turf of the young and restless, not veteran actors with decades of screen composure.
But for 63-year-old Dele Odule, the Yoruba film legend known for Suku Suku Bam Bam, Ti Oluwa Ni Ile, and Jagun Jagun, something clearly cracked the calm exterior.
Over the past two weeks, Odule’s 254,000 followers have been treated to a steady stream of melancholy posts, the kind that could make even the algorithm pause for empathy. Among the captions:
“I’d learned to let go, not everyone deserves a place in my heart and not everyone is meant to stay“
Fans have since filled his comment section with a mix of concern and comic relief, wondering aloud what could have wounded their beloved “Baba.” Comments like “Abi Daddy don chop breakfast?” and “Who break Daddy heart?” dominate the threads.
Well aware of the ruckus going down the in the comments section, Odule seems to be in on the joke. In a follow-up video, a young man can be seen asking him what’s wrong to which the veteran jokingly replies that a “200-level university student” broke his heart.
Baba Dele might be heartbroken, but he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. But all jokes aside, someone needs to check up on him. We all know what a broken heart is capable of.