Laide Bakare Explains Why She Left Marriage
Nollywood actress Laide Bakare has opened up about the reason her second marriage ended.
Speaking in a recent interview on Oyinmomo TV, the actress explained that her former husband stopped her from acting shortly after they married.
Laide said her family had asked him before the wedding if marriage would affect her acting career, and he assured them it would not.
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She noted, however, that he changed after the wedding and told her she could no longer act or go to movie locations.
The actress claimed he threatened to place security guards at their gate to stop her from leaving the house without his permission.
“When the marriage continued, my family asked him if the marriage was not going to affect my career as an actress. He was like ‘if I miss her, I would go and meet her at the film location’. But immediately I got into the marriage, he said I could not continue acting,” she said.
“He said I could no longer work in the film industry, I could not go to locations. In fact, he said he would station security men at the gate so that before I got to the gate, an alarm would go off. I was patient for about four to five years because my children were still little.”
Laide said she eventually left the marriage because she could not earn good money and had little freedom.
She said she endured the situation at first because her family stressed that her marriage had to work, even though she felt unable to pursue her dreams.
“What made me leave finally and was my main problem was that I was not financially independent and my freedom was limited. Then I was blocked from making substantial amounts of money. I initially endured because my family had told me that my marriage must be successful,” she said.
“It felt like I had a dream and vision but I could not forge ahead. It would have even been manageable if it was a monogamous family but he had plenty wives and children.”
The 46-year-old was previously married to Olumide Okunfulure, a businessman based in America from Ondo State.
Although that marriage ended, it produced a daughter named Simi.
She has two sons with Mutairu Orilowo, her second husband.
The actress recently accused Orilowo over a custody dispute, claiming his wife is maltreating their two sons.
BY ABDULBAQI JIBREEL AJAO
