Nollywood actor Segun Arinze has disclosed the reasons behind his twelve-year hiatus from marriage following the end of his first marriage.
The
58-year-old first tied the knot with Anne Njemanze, the actress, in 1996. Their
marriage, however, hit the rocks in 1997.
The
film star then married Julie in 2008 and they have three children.
Speaking
on the WithChude podcast, Arinze said “I was confused about getting the right
person” after he and Njemanze divorced.
The
filmmaker said he was involved in many relationships until “I cried to God” in
2007 to give me a wife.
Arinze
said he initially refused to speak about his failed marriage “because people do
not share everything”.
“I
stayed out of marriage after the first one crashed. I stayed out of marriage
for like 12 years before I remarried. I remarried in 2008. Not that I gave up
on marriage, I was just really confused about getting the right person,” he
said.
“I got
into so many crazy relationships. Both the ones were good, crazy, and bad I
have seen all. That year, 2007. I cried to God and said ‘Father Lord I have had
enough can you just give me a wife’. I said just find me a wife. I remember I
cried.
“And
then I went to a wedding and I saw this beautiful woman. I asked my PA to get
her number but he came back because he was scared. Julius Agwu and I were the
MCs at the event. It was Don Chi’s wedding. And Julius Agwu said ‘My brother
dey look for wife o’. When I sat I went to meet her, collected her contact and
then invited her to a dinner. That is how it started. The rest is history.
“We are
sixteen years in marriage now with three lovely kids. She is a lawyer. She is
also my legal adviser.
“When
that happened to me in 1997 I kept quiet. I did not say anything. I just let it
go. Till date I said nothing and I do not want to say anything. I do not want
to discuss anything about it. It happened. The shit will always happen.
Everybody has a closet.”
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