Nollywood actor Femi Adebayo has reacted to the rumours
making rounds that Funke Akindele was responsible for the crash of his
first marriage seven years ago.
Speaking with City People, the actor and son of veteran
thespian, Adebayo Salami ‘Oga Bello’ explained that the marriage broke-up
because his baby mama does not really like his profession. ‘Maybe I should put
it in a way that everyone will understand.
Femi Adebayo has been
single for seven years, I lost my first marriage seven years ago and I felt
this is the real time to say I am ready for another marriage. It is not as if I
have gotten a date or venue for the marriage like the way it circulated’.
Speaking on why he’s kept mum on the crashed marriage for
this long, he said: ‘Well, I have a right to my privacy and if I have issues
with my wife, it is not ideal to go public to broadcast it. There are several
marriages either from celebrities or not that have gone down the drain.
So, mine is not an exception and marriage is a contract
which you can breach anytime if one party is no longer comfortable with the
condition of the contract.
‘I see it as a personal problem that I have been managing
for long and I see no reason why I should go around to talk about it in public
that my marriage had issues. Inasmuch as I am a celebrity, people will be
interested in knowing many things about me, I don’t believe I should make it a
public issue that my marriage is unsettled and that was why I kept it to
myself.’
Femi further added that his ex-wife sought for divorce after
two years of marriage. In his words: ‘After about 2 years of separation, I
think she couldn’t take it any longer, she filed the divorce about 4 years ago.
She filed it at an area court in Ilorin where the marriage was celebrated.
The marriage was dissolved and we had agreement on how to
take care of the babies, how to have access to them and all that. She has the
custody of the children and that is that. Under the principle of Islam which
our marriage was celebrated, she should have the custody of the children.’ The
actor insists Funke Akindele had nothing to do with his failed marriage,
saying, ‘Funke had nothing to do with the marriage crash, the major reason my
marriage broke-up was the fact that my baby mother does not really like my profession.
Funke absolutely has nothing to do with this marriage problems. And I want
people to get this clear.
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