My Mom Had To Eat Antar, Something That Looked Like A Lizærd, So She Could Give Birth To Me" - Actor Antar Laniyan Disclosed

There can never be another Antar because there’s a story behind it.

There’s a story behind it and I like telling it at times because I want every individual to know the importance of having a mother, a good mother, a great one,” he said. He explained that many people never fully understand the ch@llenges their mothers endured before their birth. “The kind of things that our mother p@ssed through before they give birth to us individually, we do not know because we were not there,” he said. “But when a mother goes into telling you how you came to being, you will weeeep for yourself,”

The name Antar actually has a story behind it. And my mother told me this early enough for me to realize the kind of a child that I am. Till God rest her soul. I thank her for everything, for every move. I thank her.” When asked what the name meant, Laniyan revealed that he had remained in his mother’s w0mb far longer than normal. “I overstayed in my mother’s w0mb. I stayed 18 months according to her. I stayed 18 months,” he said. “People around were wondering what’s wrong. I mean, something must have gone wr0ng. Not medically. So it could be sp!r!tual.

She had to eat something Yoruba called Anta. It looks like lizærd, smaller than crøcødile. So my mother didn’t see anything wr0ng in adding that thing to my name. She had to take it. They had to prepare it for her. She took it. An hour later, I came.” However, the original name did not stay the same. “When I got to primary school and my friends in the primary school were playing with the name, then I added R to make it Antar