Actress and married mother of two opens up on keeping her marriage intact despite the fact that she is a celebrity actress.
Popular Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson Okogie has
been married 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.
Popular Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson Okogie
has been married 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.
"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.
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