Nollywood actress Rose Odika has declared herself one of the most decent actors in Nigeria.
The light-skinned Yoruba actress, made the declaration known in an interview with colleague, Biola Bayo on her talk show, Talk to B. Rose Odika proudly said she considers herself one of the most decent actors.
“To burst your bubble, I am one of the most decent actors you have out there”, she said.
Elsewhere in the interview, Rose opened up on her crashed marriage, revealing that she waited for five years before conceiving. Unfortunately, her marriage hit the rock when her child was barely two-years old.
The movie star said there is no need for toxic marriage and if it isn’t worth it, it isn’t worth one’s life. She added that a man who meets a woman as an actor, should marry her as an actor and if he can’t, he should go.
“We got married and unfortunately the children weren’t coming. I didn’t get pregnant for the first five years.
My baby was one-year two months when we separated finally. That’s the only child I have.
No need for toxic marriage, it isn’t worth it. It isn’t worth your life.
A man who met you as an actor, should marry you as an actor. If he cannot stay with it, then he should go”.
Odika, also revealed that she started acting professionally in 1989, but came into the spotlight in 1993.
“I started acting professionally in 1989, but I came into limelight in 1993”.
Similarly, veteran actress, Iya Awero, while speaking on her crashed marriage in a recent interview, recalled how her husband supported her acting career while they were dating, but changed immediately they got married. She said her husband didn’t support her acting career after they got married and would always become violent and physically assault her whenever she went on a movie set. The veteran said she didn’t enjoy her marriage for long, as death came knocking on her husband’s door.
Actress, Motilola, shed light on why she announced her divorce from her husband. She recalled how a blogger threatened to expose, and as one who can’t be blackmailed, she beat the blogger to it. The mother of two, slammed those who shame women over their crashed marriage as she noted how no woman, goes into a marriage, with the intention of leaving.
Similarly, actress Opeyemi Aiyeola had opened up about how she blocked her colleagues in the industry after marriage because of her fear of divorce. The Yoruba actress recalled how she met her husband during the peak of her career and gave it up to start a family with him in London. She said that when she finally got herself back after ten years, she questioned who she had offended and told her husband it was time to focus on her career.
Unlike Iya Awero, Bukky Wright, who has been married four times, revealed in an interview that she is open to giving marriage a fifth chance. She, however, made it known that if God forbade her from getting married, she wouldn’t.