1. Charly Boy is known for his alternative lifestyle, political views, and media productions.
21 Facts About Charly Boy
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Charly Boy is the host of The Charly Boy Show, 2011 judge for Nigerian Idol, and served as president of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria.
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Charly Boy initially aspired to become a priest, but left seminary school after a year.
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The accompanying video, deemed ahead of its time, features Charly Boy's wife Diane as a woman with a generous posterior who is a guest at Charly Boy's wedding; as she bends over during the ceremony, the groom turns around to stare at her rear, to the annoyance of his bride.
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The Charly Boy Kiddies Show was a short-lived spin-off of the original series aimed at children.
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However, in 2010, Charly Boy established The Charly Boy Kiddies Affair in Abuja, which aimed to boost the potential of Nigerian children.
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Zoom Time was a The Charly Boy Show politics spin-off co-presented by Charly Boy and Tunde Obe which featured prominent politicians and military men.
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In 2011, Charly Boy replaced Audu Maikori as a judge on Nigerian Idol.
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Charly Boy is known as an advocate of the masses as he has fought for the rights of the average Nigerian.
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Charly Boy has on several occasions been tortured by the Nigerian police and the military for standing up to his country's government.
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An inspirational writer, Charly Boy focuses on various subjects in several newspapers including The Daily Post and his own publication Charly Boy Magazine, and has been known to write slogans on rocks in Abuja where he currently resides.
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Charly Boy has fronted campaigns for Nigerian Widows, and was founder of the Save Nigeria from Nigeria campaign during the last presidential election.
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Charly Boy was one of the celebrities who organised fundraisers to support his old friend Tyna Onwudiwe who would later die of lung cancer.
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In 2017, Charly Boy started Our Mumu Don Do movement, and participated in a daily sit out protest alongside Deji Adeyanju calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to resume office or resign after the President had spent over 60 days outside the country on a health visit to the UK.
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Charly Boy is the founder of New Waves Productions and publisher of The Charly Boy Magazine which he launched in 2010 and wrote for regularly.
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Charly Boy was in a number of Target cigarettes print commercials with his wife Diane.
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Charly Boy is known for his change of image which started with androgyny at the start of his music career.
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Charly Boy continues to sport the goth look, and in 2014 he shaved off his dreadlocks due to a thinning hairline.
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In 2012, Charly Boy threatened to take legal action against two national newspapers after it was reported that he was gay and a member of The Illuminati; he allegedly disclosed this in an interview with entertainment writer Ed Jatto.
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Charly Boy has been married to African-American singer and former fashion designer Diane for over thirty years.
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The couple have children together, and Charly Boy has children from past relationships.