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Veteran Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie has
been enjoying her matrimonial bliss for a little more than 3 years and
she believes that her being a celebrity actress will not hinder her from
having a successful marriage.
In an interview with Leadership Nigeria on March 29,
2015 she opens up about building a strong foundation for her marriage to
last on.
Mercy Johnson began by dispelling the notion that actresses don’t make good wives.
Read what she said: -
“One of the biggest lies anyone can tell
himself/herself is using one or more random experiences to judge and
stereotype others. I have two children for my husband today and he has
not stopped talking about how down-to-earth I was yet I am an actress;
not just any actresses. I had a large following at that time yet I did
not go around pouting my lips or playing the snub.”
“My husband later confessed to me that for him,
it was love at first sight but that did not stop him from asking me to
cook for him the first day I set foot in his house. At first, I was
stunned that a Nigerian man was asking me to enter his kitchen to cook
him a meal. A part of me whispered to me that perhaps, he was not aware
of who I was and when I said to him: ‘You must be joking. My name is
Mercy Johnson’. What shocked me even more was his response when he said:
‘I know’. Rather than take offence, I was drawn closer to him”
“We have been married since 2011 and we love each
other to bits till date and have consciously decided to spend the rest
of our lives together. As I said earlier, I am an actress who is
correcting the rigid stand that actresses cannot have happy homes when
they get married. Also, bear in mind that there are several Nigerian
actresses like me who are happily married. Having a happy marriage is a
choice a woman has to make. When you decide to have a happy marriage,
you focus your thoughts, actions, words, work and everything else around
protecting that happiness.”
“In marriage, you must have trust and you must
also have love. The moment you lose these two, then it is just a matter
of time before you embark on a calamitous countdown towards the end of
your marriage. My relationship with my husband has been very special. He
is not just my husband or father of my children. He is my friend.”
During the interview she attributed the strength
of her marriage to the words of her pastor which were to never lie to
her husband and to tell the truth to each other regardless of how
painful or scary it might be.
Mercy Johnson and her husband Prince Odianosen
Okojie have 2 children together, a daughter Purity and a son Henry. The
pair would have been married for 4 years on August 27, 2015.ALLENVIBES.BLOGSPOT.COM
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