Seasoned Nigerian actor, Segun Arinze, has revealed that after his first marriage to colleague, Anne Njemanze hit the rocks, he decided to stay single for a while.
He said that after his twelve-year hiatus from marriage, he prayed to God to give him a wife in 2007 as he was tired of trying different relationships.
Arinze opened up about his marriage during an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo on his podcast series.
The 58-year-old first tied the knot with Njemanze in 1996. But their marriage hit the rocks within a year. He went onto marry Julie in 2008 and they have three children.
Arinze said; “I was confused about getting the right person….I refused to speak about my 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.
I got into so many craazy relationships. Both the ones that were good, craazy 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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