Veteran
actress, Steph-Nora Okere, once dated actor Jim Iyke and just when everyone
thought that it would lead somewhere, the duo broke up.
The Imo State-born actress also dated and married Lanre Falana but the
marriage crashed.
Just recently, the award-winning actress opened up to City People that
she is single and was never married. Excerpts of the interview
Is Steph now
married?
No!
I am very single.
But you were once
married?
Not
at all, the press got me married. The press got me married on papers. Let me
explain it, let me say I was in the process of getting married but ended up not
getting married. Where I come from, there is the process of marriage when you
start the process, the Ibo people will go and make research on the other
person’s background and If they find out negative things about the man or
woman’s family, that means they will put an immediate stop to the marriage.
That was what happened in my own case. A lot of people have been saying I was
married, I was married but we didn’t really get through our marriage. I think
that is like in the past, which is like 10 years ago. I really wish to forget
about it.
Who is your kind of
man?
God
fearing and honest man.
Is there any man in
your life now?
Jesus
is the man in my life now I am married to Jesus...
As beautiful as you are, you should have someone…
I
have a lot of admirers, those that are close to me but the most important
person in my life now is Jesus.
But you are known
to be married to Lanre Falana?
I
was involved in a marriage process which got truncated along the line. Marriage
begins with paying the woman’s dowry, traditional and white wedding. All these
did not take place. My family didn’t support marrying a man who kept one woman
in one place and plans keeping another one in another place. I attend Catholic
church and the marriage process in Catholic, begins with the intended couples
tendering a marriage certificate issued by a court to the church. This was the
main reason we were in court in the first place.
What really led to
the break-up?
It
was based on personal conduct and irreconcilable differences. We were not
living together; we had an introduction where his family and mine were
introduced to each other only. This was the beginning of our problem. For us to
discover that we were not compatible. Our court marriage was in July and he
went abroad in September only for him to be back a year and half later.
Would you accept
him if he comes back begging?
Thank
God that the marriage didn’t work out otherwise I would have been an unhappy
woman and I have learnt not to judge a book by its cover. I hope to marry again
when a good man comes but for now I am married to Jesus.
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