Nollywood actor, IK Ogbonna has spurred reactions online following his comment on a video of a father meeting his transgender son.
The video captured the fatherās reaction to meeting his son for the first time since he transitioned to a woman.
On seeing his transgender son walk to the stage as a pretty lady, the father broke down in tears.
āIām just feeling a loss, like heās goneā¦ I donāt know how to take him as a girl. And it just seems like something went wrong somewhere.ā He said, as he tried hard to fight back his tears.
Watch the video below,
Man breaks down in tears after seeing his transgender son for the first timepic.twitter.com/NOMWZJZ8fv
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Reacting to the video, actor IK Ogbonna wrote,
āSociety wonā¦ over religious and cultural values. Parents donāt have to accept certain things. Somethingās would never stick as normalā.
However, different interpretations were drawn by internet users from the actorās statement.
While some reasoned that he spoke against it, others were quick to cast stones at him and question his sexuality.
An Instagram user wrote, āHe Ik ogbona will look very beautiful as a Woman 👠, so we looking forward to when you @ikogbonna will switch to real Woman if you see nothing wrong in thisā.
āIf his statement is in support of the dad.. tell me why he started with āSociety won over religions and cultural valueā abeg Anybody wey wan come out make them come out clean if e sure for him papa 🌚ā, another user added.
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