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. Continue
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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