Veteran Nollywood actor, Segun Arinze has finally revealed why he stayed single for 12 years after his first marriage collapsed.
The seasoned actor first walk down the aisle with actress Anne Njemanze in 1996, but their union ended abruptly in 1997.
After 12-years of being single , Arinze married Julie in 2008. The couple have three children together.
Speaking in a recent interview with renowned media personality Chude Jidenowo, the thespian said he “was confused about getting the right person” after he and Njemanze’s marriage crashed.
The filmmaker said he was involved in many relationships until “I cried to God” in 2007 to give me a wife.
In his words:
“I stayed out of marriage after the first one crashed. I stayed out of marriage for like 12 years before I remarried. I remarried in 2008. Not that I gave up on marriage, I was just really confused about getting the right person.
“I got into so many crazy relationships. Both the ones that were good, crazy, and bad I have seen all. That year, 2007. I cried to God and said ‘Father Lord I have had enough can you just give me a wife’. I said just find me a wife. I remember I cried.
“And then I went to a wedding and I saw this beautiful woman. I asked my PA to get her number but he came back because he was scared. Julius Agwu and I were the MCs at the event. It was Don Chi’s wedding. And Julius Agwu said ‘My brother dey look for wife o’. When I sat I went to meet her, collected her contact and then invited her to a dinner. That is how it started. The rest is history.
“We are sixteen years in marriage now with three lovely kids. She is a lawyer. She is also my legal adviser.
“When that happened to me in 1997 I kept quiet. I did not say anything. I just let it go. Till date I said nothing and I do not want to say anything. I do not want to discuss anything about it. It happened. The shit will always happen. Everybody has a closet.”
