Veteran actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has expressed that any lady who does not have a source of livelihood should not consider marriage, because such person is automatically preparing herself to be imprisoned in the union.
The mother of four said this during a recent interview with BBC Yoruba, while giving a reason for why she got married at the age of 18.
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According to her, she was quite mature when she became a wife and she was already a financial self-sufficient as she was a millionaire at that age.
She said:
When I got married, I was at the age of consent and then I had maturity then saw somebody I liked.
Speaking of if she could also allow any of her children get married at the same age, the movie star said she only has one child who is 18 and he is a boy, adding that he cannot get married now because he doesn’t have his own money.
She expressed;
I was at the age of consent when I got married and above all, I was mature when I met my husband. Currently, I have only one child that is 18 years old, so the question is late. He is a boy and peradventure, he says he wants to get married, I will not allow it because he does not have his own money now. One must apply wisdom or common sense in everything one does.
The actress added;
People cannot say that because I married at 18, therefore they can also do it. The question is, ‘are you ready for marriage’? When I was at that age, I was ready. I had been working since I was 15-years-old and I had become a millionaire at the age of 18. That is a fact that a lot of people don’t know.
The mother of four stressed;
I had my own money. I was not dependent on any man. Moreover, my father died early, so I was already responsible for my younger siblings. I was like their mother at that time, so I was very mature and financially prepared. One should not marry a man when one is not financially stable. If one does that, one would be going into slavery or better still, prison. If any of my children, after considering all these factors, say they are ready for marriage, we (parents) would meet the person and if we like them, we would give them our blessings.
Speaking further, Omotola spoke about trademarking her name ‘Omotola’, saying it was due to impersonators and fraudsters.
She said;
That I trademarked my name, ‘Omotola’, does not mean that any other person cannot bear the name. They can. I simply trademarked it because I was having problems with impersonators. It got so bad that I constantly got reports from lawyers that people had been falling victims to fraudsters using the name for fraudulent activities. Because of these reoccurring problems, we decided to trademark my name.
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The movie star added;
It is an expensive process and not what I would have loved to dabble into but I just had to do it to protect my brand. As a matter of fact, I wanted to trademark ‘Omo Sexy’ but the Nigerian government has not agreed to do it. They don’t like the ‘Omo Sexy’ tag (laughs).
The actress also responded to claims that she had a sexual relationship with the former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole.
She said she did not like to attend events, adding;
People do not know that I don’t like to go out. I am either at home or at the office. I only like to go out on official purposes. I don’t know Adams Oshiomhole. I have never met him. End of the story.
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