Hanks Anuku’s Manager Dismisses Mental Health Concerns After Viral Video

The manager of veteran Nollywood actor Hanks Anuku, Moses Allen, has dismissed concerns about the actor’s mental health following a viral video that sparked speculation online.

The video, recorded in Wuse 2, Abuja, showed Anuku wearing jeans, a black top, and sneakers while sitting near a roadside, talking to himself and holding a disposable cup. The clip quickly circulated on social media, with many users questioning his well-being.

Reacting in an interview with Premium Times, Allen urged people not to jump to conclusions, explaining that Anuku’s creative personality is often misunderstood.

He said:

“So I understand you guys might have seen a video and then care to ask. It’s better to ask than to start making presumptions like other people used to do every time. You see, Hanks is a character; he’s an actor. So most of what he does is in a different world of his own.

“He does those things, people mistake it for madness or craziness. No, an artist is actually never really normal, you understand. An artist, in the true sense of it, is actually never really normal because your presence is in a different realm, in a creative realm. He does not really bother and does not live in a normal world as we do.”

Allen described Anuku as a responsible family man and insisted there was nothing unusual about the actor’s behaviour in the video.

“He’s a serious man, he’s a responsible man with family, with children, and everything. Whatever you guys see there is just like someone trying to… What is wrong with someone sitting down by the grass and then talking to himself and having a drink? Maybe he was trying to rehearse or imagine a scenario.

“He was imaginative in that video. I don’t see anything that he did that is wrong, or that the whole world is now saying, ‘Ah, this man is mad.’”

Allen added that he has managed Anuku for several years and maintained that the actor is mentally sound.

“Kindly let the world know that the legend Hanks Chukwuemeka Anuku is sound and has, in fact, never been in a better mental state than now. He’s simply an artist, and I really wonder why the world expects artists to be like normal people.”