Nollywood actress Eniola Badmus has spoken publicly about her weight loss journey, revealing she shed close to 87 kilograms over five years and still faces relentless body-shaming from online critics.
The actress disclosed that she once tipped the scale at 170 kilograms. She now weighs 83 kilograms. In a post on her Instagram page, Badmus said the transformation took five years of discipline, sacrifice, pain, consistency, and daily commitment to her health.
“Five years ago, I weighed 170 kg. Today, in 2026, I weigh 83 kg. That didn’t happen overnight. It took years of discipline, sacrifice, pain, consistency, tears, setbacks, and choosing my health every single day,” she wrote.
Eniola Badmus Weight Loss Journey Was Not a Quick Fix
Badmus pushed back against any suggestion that her transformation came through shortcuts. She said the process involved years of conscious lifestyle decisions, not a single dramatic intervention.
She confirmed she continues to manage her health through clean living and collagen treatments and is allowing her body to adjust at its own pace. Loose skin and physical changes after such dramatic weight loss are natural, she noted, and she has no obligation to explain that to anyone.
What appeared to frustrate the actress most was not the physical challenge of losing weight but the reaction of people who cannot seem to find anything positive to say regardless of what she does.
“What exactly do you want from me?” she asked, addressing her critics directly.
Badmus said that while she rarely fires back at negative comments, that silence should not be read as indifference. The remarks still land. “Just because I don’t respond to the insults doesn’t mean they don’t hurt. It doesn’t mean I’m weak. It doesn’t mean I don’t have feelings. I’m human,” she stated.
Nollywood Actress Calls Out Women Who Body-Shame Fellow Women
Badmus reserved her sharpest words for a specific group: women who attack other women over their bodies. She said it disturbs her that a significant portion of the cruel comments directed at her come from fellow women.
She questioned what happens to the idea that women should support women when another woman is putting in work to improve her own life. In her view, the slogan disappears the moment it becomes inconvenient.
The actress was direct: nobody deserves to be mocked for their body, whether they carry extra weight or have worked hard to lose it. She said she has done something remarkable and refuses to let the noise erase that.
“I’ve done something remarkable. Going from 170KG to 83KG isn’t a small achievement,” she added.
Badmus did not single out any individual and did not reference a specific incident or comment that triggered the post. The statement read as a response to a pattern, not a single episode.
The actress did not announce any new project or public appearance alongside the statement. The post appears to have been driven purely by a decision to address the criticism head-on after years of staying quiet.
Details on when exactly she began the five-year process were not provided, but based on her own timeline, the journey started around 2021.
Reaction to the post from fans and public figures was not immediately available at the time of this report.
Badmus has been one of the more prominent figures in Nollywood for over two decades, known for her comedy roles and consistent presence in Nigerian films. Her physical transformation had been a topic of public discussion for some time before she addressed it directly on Thursday.
She closed her message with a call for kindness, urging people to think before they type and to consider the human being on the other side of a screen before posting comments about someone’s body.
