David Oyelowo’s Boarding School Trick: Dating Twin Sisters by Faking Yoruba Ignorance

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Award-winning British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo shared a funny story from his boarding school days. He spoke Yoruba fluently but pretended not to understand it. He used this to his advantage when classmates chatted around him in Yoruba. Unaware he was following every word, they freely discussed their feelings. The actor jokingly admits that this ruse even led him to date twin sisters at the same time. He kept his secret for two years before revealing the truth on his final day. When he finally spoke Yoruba to everyone, their shocked faces made him laugh.

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