Nollywood actress Jemima Osunde has candidly revealed that poverty is her greatest fear, stating she believes she is incapable of surviving it.

During an appearance on The Culture League podcast, hosted by Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface, the 29-year-old actress was direct about her feelings. "My biggest fear in life, I can survive many things, but I can never survive poverty," she said. "I can never do it."

Osunde went on to explain that she will do whatever it takes to avoid poverty, but emphasized that these actions must not compromise her self-respect or principles. "Being real and being poor, how does it benefit me?" she asked. "I don’t even want to taste poverty. I’m okay where I am. I don’t want it."

The actress has also recently spoken about a life-altering health challenge. In a January post on X, she disclosed that she contracted Helicobacter pylori from contaminated food while on a movie set three years ago. The infection led to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which she says has left her "fighting for my life the last three years."

"I’ve never regretted anything the way I regret taking that job and going with them to Ibadan to shoot under their care," she wrote at the time, adding that her condition has severely impacted her daily life.