Award winning actress, Omotola Jalde Ekeinde, in
an interview with Encomium magazine, said that
anyone who comes between a married couple
deserve to be jailed because that person is robbing
the couple of their joy.
"I think it should be a crime for anyone to
come in between a couple. I feel anybody
that comes between a married couple be a
man or woman should go to jail. Such a
person is robbing the family of their joy. To
me, it is a crime that is worse than stealing
another person's property" she said.
Speaking about what has kept her marriage going
for 8 years, Omotola said
"I would say first it is the fear of God. Then
the fact that the reason we do all we do or
the person we are all answerable to is God.
He is the one guiding us. I would not lie to
you that there was no time we almost gave
up on both sides but at the end of the day
you know you are answerable to God for
whatever you do. There fore take your worry
to him. And the reason you don't do anything
stupid is because this person is not you are
answerable to ultimately but God. So when
God knows you depend on him that much, i
think alone that helps you. Second is
patience. You have to be very patient in
every relationship, not just marriage.
I feel
very sad that a lot of people put so much
pressure these days on marriages succeeding
or not as if it is an alien relationship.
The
truth of the matter is that people fight
their fathers, you fight your best friends.
So why is it that you feel that you and your
spouse can't fight or quarrel?"
Speaking about her husband, Omotola said he's
been of great support to her
"He has been supportive. He has been an
angel. He is my rock of Gibraltar. I would
say my husband is my fan so also my critic.
Most important he has been my pillar of
support. If you are doing this job, you feel
like you always want to fear what somebody
would feel about you. When I am talking of
somebody, I mean your parent or husband,
somebody that means something to you, that
limits you as a creative mind. God is my
witness, my husband has never for once felt
anything negative about me being an actress.
In 2016, we are going to celebrate 20 years
of marriage. I can't remember anytime I
wanted to do anything and he kicked against
it violently. I have had to travel out of the
country sometimes, it may be the same day
he would know. You are also aware of the
sensitivity of our job, we are very
disorganized often times. You know how it
feels for you to tell your husband that one
thing you have been pursuing for the past
three months, all of a sudden, you just got a
call that they have bought flight ticket for
you and you are going for maybe one week.
So naturally that's just something you would
say no, you can't. But I would go and tell
him and he would be like wow! He would even
encourage me to go. He is very
understanding and very supportive" she said
Omotola says featuring in the movie, The
Prostitute and the controversies that surrounded
the movie was the only time she felt her
profession threaten her marriage.
"The only time I would say I worried was
when the movie, The Prostitute came out and
that was the first major shaking I had. It
was like a kind controversy. From the movie
poster to the sex scenes, whatever in that
movie that was shot after I left there was
shot as if I was the one who did it.
And you
know Nigeria was not ready for that so there
was a lot of controversy around that.
So
that was the only time I really worried about
my marriage and to be frank and candid,
until my husband told me he wasn't
bothered, then I had peace".
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