Why Celebrity Marriages Don't Last

Nollywood director, Chico Ejiro recently spoke about the incessant crash in marriages of celebrities in Nigeria. He also gave a hint of what could be the cause of such happening.

“Why marriages don’t work in Nollywood; one day I will go and give them a small lecture. I’m sorry to say this; the girls feel they are too big, above the men, while the guys, those ones that cannot manage their marriages, believe in what we call king kong.

“King kong believes I’m too much, who is this woman? So, until they can come together, you the lady, you are submissive…you cannot have a husband and 24 hours you are on locations, everyday you travel round the world, next tomorrow you are in one party in London and you say you are a married woman.

“Or because you are richer than the boy, you cannot cook for him, you employ a house girl or your younger sister to be talking care of your husband. E be like Fela song – she go say I be lady! Your husband smokes, you smoke, your husband clubs, you club, you wan talk say I am a star. Why? Because one big billionaire is investing money on you.

“But there are some good examples in Nollywood o! All of them are not just bad. We have people like Chioma Chukwuka-Apotha, she has been keeping her marriage; Omotola Jalade has been keeping her marriage, Sister Joke Silva.

On why his own marriage, he said he has principles guarding his union which last lasted decades.

“Why my own has been strong is because there are some principles about life. If you see any marriage, you will think there is no problem, but it is not so. I will tell you just one small story – when I got married, three years after I got married, I got so pissed off about marriage that I said I wanted to walk away. And I went to meet the Registrar and the woman sat me and my wife down and gave us education.

“Don’t allow your friends to deceive you. So, there’s a factor you should understand – in our marriage, nobody should come between us; we settle our problems. There are times we don’t talk, but the following day we just say do you know you are a very useless man, stupid woman, ehen!

“Don’t allow your friends to say I saw your husband, I saw your wife, no, no, no…So, we understand that and it’s been keeping us,” he said.