Actress Shaffy Bello of Nollywood has opened up about her reaction when young people address her by her first name, "Shaffy."

The actress revealed this to media personality Stephanie Coker in a recent podcast interview.

The actress claims that she frequently hears young people say "Hi Shaffy," but she always corrects them politely, understanding that this may be the result of their upbringing or even differences in tribes.

She said, “Of course I still get it, I get the ‘Hi Shaffy’, and usually for me I know that upbringing matters and I also know that where you’re from also dictates some of the things that you do.

“For example, the Igbos don’t do that, they use ‘aunty’ and it’s so interesting to me because even in the States, they will never call their aunties by name, they go ‘aunty, cousin.’ They do the ‘ma’am.

“Usually my response is simple and I say it with love, I pull them close and I tell them ‘you haven’t earned the right to call me by my name, I have a child as old as you are. Even if I didn’t have children you haven’t earned the right , and you would never earn the right at your age to call me my name.”