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An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Bootylicious(f): 1:35pm On Mar 16, 2013
Why I love tattoos
I don’t really have as many tattoos as people think I do. I just have three on me and they all have their significance. The one on my hand is a rose and it signifies love. The one on my chest is a crown and it means that I am a queen in whatever I do – I call the shots. The one I have on my back means that I see you even though you think I don’t. I see everything you are doing, so watch it. They all have meaning and I am just someone who loves tattoos. There are no negative reasons I love them. I am not the only one wearing a tattoo, there are so many celebrities, both local and foreign, who wear them. It is just something I like. I can not describe why I like it. I feel it is sexy.

Life as a single mother
My daughter is an award-winning actress. She is going to be 12 but she is not a full time actress. She is still a baby and I try to restrict her acting so that she can concentrate more on her studies. Once in a while, we allow her act and only when she is on holidays. It has to be once in a while. When I started, it was a bit stressful because my kids were quite young. I had to be a working mother and business woman at the same time. I am someone who always strives for perfection. I am a very organised person. I draw out my time-table. I have a schedule of my day-to-day life so I am never caught unawares. That is why I don’t work too much. If I have planned my month and a sudden job comes up, I will not take it. I always have a schedule I follow in life and it has always helped me. When I am working, I know how to place my kids in the right place, sometimes with my mother. When they were much younger, they used to go with me but because of school, they stayed with my mother. I have some of my sisters that stay around. Now, my kids have grown up because my boy is 14 years old and the girl is 12 and they are both in secondary school. They take care of themselves more now. Apart from that, I still try to spend time at home more than I used to when they were younger because they need my attention now. I need to be sure that they are studying. They are becoming teenagers. Teenage pressure could be much on them so I have to be the father and mother to them at all times. It was not easy initially but as time goes on, you learn how to manage it. It becomes easy as time goes on.

Their father
I relate with their father. I do not talk about it because I give respect to my children, it is their privacy and they want to keep it private. Like I said, we were not just compatible, I met him and in a very short period of time, we got married. We really did not have much time to date. I was 21 years old then. In less than three months, I was pregnant and in less than six months, I was married to him. It was a very short period of time. We basically got married because of the pregnancy. We did not want to have the baby out of wedlock. We got married and we later discovered that there was some part of him that I did not like and there were certain things about me that he did not also like. We were not friends and that was the disadvantage. He was not my first, he was actually my third. I feel apart with my first boyfriend. My second boyfriend, we did not get intimate. So my ex was actually the second but my third boyfriend. I was young, I had my first boyfriend when I was in SS3 and I was about 18 years old. Then we broke up and I had somebody else. We were more like brothers and sisters in Christ so we really did not have any sexual relationship. Then, I met my ex-husband. He was the second man I was intimate with when it came to a relationship. I was young and the kind of life he wanted was to be married and still live the bachelor life while I wanted him to be married and stay at home. That was were we started having issues and problems but we are still friends. He still communicates with his kids.

Regrets
I do not regret leaving the marriage because I am better off. I regret rushing into marriage, but I do not use the word ‘regret’ anymore. It has become a lesson; I had to learn from that. Every disappointment is a blessing. Even though I felt disappointed that I got married at a young age and did not get to study the man I got married to and whose name I bear now, I still profited from it by having two wonderful kids. It is more than any other thing in life.

I vowed never to get married again
I said so back then when I was disappointed. When you are going into a marriage with so much expectation, hoping that is where you will end your life, you try all your best to make it work. If it does not work, you begin to have problems. Why I came back to the industry was because I found out that my marriage was not working. My job had nothing to do with my marriage. I knew my marriage was collapsing. I just needed something to keep me going. Since I had so much love for acting, I felt I should go back to what gave me so much happiness and joy because I knew that my home was not giving me that joy I needed. I felt it was not enough for me to sacrifice what would give me joy when I knew the reason why I was sacrificing it was not being appreciated.

I am an emotional person
I am a very emotional person. I am very loving but I am a one-way traffic kind of person. When I am in love, I am fully in love with the person. I give my best to the relationship. I am a very lovey-dovey kind of person and I love my man to always be there for me. Sometimes, it seems as if I am over-possessive. It is not that I am over possessive, I am just someone who wants to give everything into the relationship and expects to get the same back. When I do not get the same, I start having problems with that person. That is why I find it difficult to say I want to settle with a person. To me, marriage is a 50-50 thing. If I put in my 50, you have to put in your 50. In a situation where you cannot give me 50, then we are going to have a problem.


Rumours about me
I have cleared the air about so many things. When I was growing up and I read some things about certain people, I always used to say that there would be an element of truth in every rumour. If they talk about me and Muka Ray, I understand because we are very close. In this society, when a man and a woman are very close, people tend to think that they are dating. That is understandable, but when it comes to the case of someone like Pasuma, it is very strange to me. He never asked me out, we are friends but not as close as people portray it. For crying out loud, we are not dating. I don’t have an intention of dating him and I am sure that he does not too. He is my friend, maybe because I have been to one or two of his events. He respects me and I do too but just as a friend. He is a friend and a brother; nothing beyond that. Muka Ray and I became very close and working business partners. My boyfriend understands that. He did not bring me into the industry. He helped me because he was there before me. He helped me grow. I came into the industry myself and I got into the Yoruba movie industry through Alhaji Taiwo Hassan, Ogogo, in 2001. Bimbo Akintola brought me into the industry when I joined AGN in 1998. About a year after I joined the Yoruba movie industry, I met Muka who believed he could help me build my career. I told him I wanted to be a producer and he told me that it was good as he was also a producer. He said we could work hand in glove and that is what we have been doing. Sometimes he works, I contribute; I work and he contributes, both financially and physically. I am not dating any politician. Can’t I afford a car and a house? I am a producer, I produced about 13 movies and I’m not from a poor background. Whatever it is that I have today, I started with my father’s money. I am okay on my own. So nobody has to get me a car or a house.

My father
I come from a very well-to-do family. My grand father was very okay – Adekunle Ogunro. We are a very comfortable family. My father was a very lively man who lived life to the fullest. People call me daddy’s girl. My father ‘met money at home’, his parents were very wealthy especially my grandmother. We lived in Obanikoro. My father was someone who was so much into enjoying life that it cut his life short. He did everything in excess -drinking, smoking, spending money and having fun. I appreciate my dad for the fact that he was my father and we were more like friends. He also had me when he was young. He was 21 years old when he had my brother and 22 when he had me. He lost his life at a very young age, that is why whatever I do, I don’t get addicted. I don’t drink too much if I have to. I don’t smoke at all, only when I am on set and I have to. I don’t do drugs, never have and never will. When he died, there was some money left for us. His own money. It was shared between my brother and I. It is that money I used to start my life and business – a better apartment, a shop, I travelled. My first car was from my father’s money.

About my boyfriend
He is a very caring person. It was not easy for him. He was really after me because when men come, I shut them off. I always put this defensive mechanism up. He was very patient and came in a very soft manner. We started as friends and we became lovers. His relationship with my kids is wonderful. My kids love him. He is a very busy person but any little time he has, he comes to see them and takes care of them. We have been together for a while. I keep my relationship very private. I made it public at a time and it was very stressful. When it is private, you enjoy it more because there are no third parties. He understands the nature of my job. He understands where I am coming from and I understand his too.

http://www.punchng.com/entertainment/saturday-beats/i-regret-rushing-into-marriage-iyabo-ojo/
http://abidemiolaojo..ae/2013/03/i-regret-rushing-into-marriage-iyabo-ojo.html

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Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Nobody: 4:11pm On Mar 16, 2013
I like her but many times her facial make up is usually excessive and weired

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Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by buskeske: 5:46pm On Mar 16, 2013
I just hope this her boyfriend is not another
Woman's husband sha
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Bootylicious(f): 6:48pm On Mar 16, 2013
well its been reported that she is seeing muka ray and he is a married man, and i have seen them on 3 different occasions together
buskeske: I just hope this her boyfriend is not another
Woman's husband sha

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Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by fineboyabbey(m): 7:22pm On Mar 16, 2013
Hmmm iyabo ojo hope you have learnt your lessons now ? All the same keep the good work up[color=#000099][/color]

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Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by victorian(f): 9:13pm On Mar 16, 2013
Although am married, but one can't blame her for dating a married man... No single young guy would want anything to do with her... When cuties still abounds everywhere.. And she is human with feelings... So it's beyond her control , not to date a married man.. Truth is bitter , but that's the reality.
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Bootylicious(f): 10:32pm On Mar 16, 2013
this is deep, but its a sin regardless and shez definately gonna break a home.. there are lots of widowers and divorced men out there.
victorian: Although am married, but one can't blame her for dating a married man... No single young guy would want anything to do with her... When cuties still abounds everywhere.. And she is human with feelings... So it's beyond her control , not to date a married man.. Truth is bitter , but that's the reality.
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by victorian(f): 12:23am On Mar 17, 2013
Bootylicious: this is deep, but its a sin regardless and shez definately gonna break a home.. there are lots of widowers and divorced men out there.


Yes it's deep, but the stark truth... Our single young men these days will claim, they r bold , they are capable to woo any babe... But it's all fallacy... Do u know, the best wives that will listen to her man or guy she is dating,or married to... are most girls from wealthy homes, or girls who have struggled to make it to d top.. Majority of them are calm and level headed, because they have tasted wealth.......Some percentage can be arrogant and proud, but who says there no arrogance amongst the average or poor? Even with divorced successful young women, inclusive...But these category women, young guys will date , break their heart , even steal from them, bolt away..and what goes around , must come around.
Now, a married man knows a woman inside out, be it rich, be it average or poor lady ..... Most women think alike.. But it's only a married man that has lived with a woman wholeheartedly that knows a good woman when he sees one. Some married men would want to cheat, just for fun or curiosity... While some will cheat on their wives, if they r not content at home and possibly they married their wives , when the wife was either a student, or searching for a job... So, at that point in time of getting married, they as an intending fiancé think he knows his bride, but he knows just the surface and most times, only few can know the inner woman they are getting married to.
Like someone says, when one is comfortable , the real person appears from within, which is true.
The married men that falls in the category of not being content, can see someone like Iyabo, who is successful in her career, but what she needs is a man to love her.. And from research married men are more romantic than single guys. They created time to call, to text , to even pamper u with surprise gifts, when u least expect. But most single guys these days don't give a damn, they condemn women through their mouth, their inner thoughts which is so very appalling...when u, as a young man condemn a young lady every move, what do u expect to get in return?... And the single men will still cry , after series breakups, that why is life so cruel, upon everything... No woman to hold onto them...
YES, It's bad, and a sin to date a married man.. But when the real deal of a single guy is not there, the AVAILABLE becomes essential.. And these women need love and care... They are human beings..
And it hurts, when I see this Vicious cycle increase in our society, these days... Mindset of people have to change..for bliss to come in...... Until we are true to ourselves in relationships... Infidelity in marriages will continue to thrive.. It's karma. sad

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Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by obowunmi(m): 1:18am On Mar 17, 2013
marrying the wrong person is extremely costly.
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Bootylicious(f): 2:13am On Mar 17, 2013
wow, i am so short of words.Women go through a lot in the hands of men, and like you've said its karma and the trend will never stop.
victorian:


Yes it's deep, but the stark truth... Our single young men these days will claim, they r bold , they are capable to woo any babe... But it's all fallacy... Do u know, the best wives that will listen to her man or guy she is dating,or married to... are most girls from wealthy homes, or girls who have struggled to make it to d top.. Majority of them are calm and level headed, because they have tasted wealth.......Some percentage can be arrogant and proud, but who says there no arrogance amongst the average or poor? Even with divorced successful young women, inclusive...But these category women, young guys will date , break their heart , even steal from them, bolt away..and what goes around , must come around.
Now, a married man knows a woman inside out, be it rich, be it average or poor lady ..... Most women think alike.. But it's only a married man that has lived with a woman wholeheartedly that knows a good woman when he sees one. Some married men would want to cheat, just for fun or curiosity... While some will cheat on their wives, if they r not content at home and possibly they married their wives , when the wife was either a student, or searching for a job... So, at that point in time of getting married, they as an intending fiancé think he knows his bride, but he knows just the surface and most times, only few can know the inner woman they are getting married to.
Like someone says, when one is comfortable , the real person appears from within, which is true.
The married men that falls in the category of not being content, can see someone like Iyabo, who is successful in her career, but what she needs is a man to love her.. And from research married men are more romantic than single guys. They created time to call, to text , to even pamper u with surprise gifts, when u least expect. But most single guys these days don't give a damn, they condemn women through their mouth, their inner thoughts which is so very appalling...when u, as a young man condemn a young lady every move, what do u expect to get in return?... And the single men will still cry , after series breakups, that why is life so cruel, upon everything... No woman to hold onto them...
YES, It's bad, and a sin to date a married man.. But when the real deal of a single guy is not there, the AVAILABLE becomes essential.. And these women need love and care... They are human beings..
And it hurts, when I see this Vicious cycle increase in our society, these days... Mindset of people have to change..for bliss to come in...... Until we are true to ourselves in relationships... Infidelity in marriages will continue to thrive.. It's karma. sad
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Nobody: 2:54am On Mar 17, 2013
Hope u no cook this story like acidtalk ,
Hence Oga at d corner will hear this.
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Nobody: 7:13am On Mar 17, 2013
victorian:


Yes it's deep, but the stark truth... Our single young men these days will claim, they r bold , they are capable to woo any babe... But it's all fallacy... Do u know, the best wives that will listen to her man or guy she is dating,or married to... are most girls from wealthy homes, or girls who have struggled to make it to d top.. Majority of them are calm and level headed, because they have tasted wealth.......Some percentage can be arrogant and proud, but who says there no arrogance amongst the average or poor? Even with divorced successful young women, inclusive...But these category women, young guys will date , break their heart , even steal from them, bolt away..and what goes around , must come around.
Now, a married man knows a woman inside out, be it rich, be it average or poor lady ..... Most women think alike.. But it's only a married man that has lived with a woman wholeheartedly that knows a good woman when he sees one. Some married men would want to cheat, just for fun or curiosity... While some will cheat on their wives, if they r not content at home and possibly they married their wives , when the wife was either a student, or searching for a job... So, at that point in time of getting married, they as an intending fiancé think he knows his bride, but he knows just the surface and most times, only few can know the inner woman they are getting married to.
Like someone says, when one is comfortable , the real person appears from within, which is true.
The married men that falls in the category of not being content, can see someone like Iyabo, who is successful in her career, but what she needs is a man to love her.. And from research married men are more romantic than single guys. They created time to call, to text , to even pamper u with surprise gifts, when u least expect. But most single guys these days don't give a damn, they condemn women through their mouth, their inner thoughts which is so very appalling...when u, as a young man condemn a young lady every move, what do u expect to get in return?... And the single men will still cry , after series breakups, that why is life so cruel, upon everything... No woman to hold onto them...
YES, It's bad, and a sin to date a married man.. But when the real deal of a single guy is not there, the AVAILABLE becomes essential.. And these women need love and care... They are human beings..
And it hurts, when I see this Vicious cycle increase in our society, these days... Mindset of people have to change..for bliss to come in...... Until we are true to ourselves in relationships... Infidelity in marriages will continue to thrive.. It's karma. sad
if you marry or date the wrong person,it is certain you must experience all you stated here,but if you marry the right person,it is certain you will enjoy heaven on earth.the truth is that many people marry the wrong people for the wrong reasons hence it is expected for you to start seeing some animalistic tendencies pop out.at least iyabo admitted that she married her partner because she was pregnant for him,not necessarily because she was 1oo percent sure he was the man for her or they were sure they were both compatible and could live under the same room without noise.so in my own conclusion,based on her tales here,she married her s3x partner because she had his baby and because of the pregnancy she assumed she will be compatible with him.the lesson of the whole jist is that ladies,stay away from premarital s3x,men in nigeria have nothing to loose afterall they dont pay child support.lesson 2 sex does not equate love neither does love equate sex.lesson 3 sex or pregnancy does not bind you and your partner together neither does it make you compatible,lesson 4 do not cast your pearls before swines because they will trample on it.if women will learn to shut their legs and open their brains,the issue of men dumping women and single parenting will reduce to its bearest minimum

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Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by victorian(f): 12:12pm On Mar 17, 2013
@ igho, I didn't cook it up.. I got married late. Before then, most young guys of my age or older than I, are always wary of wooing me....why? because I look flashy and very attractive, due to no fault of mine ... I had series of heartbreaks,from single guys that could have placed me in at yaba left , but thanks to some of my female friends , family who stood by me... And also at that period, married men were coming offering me gifts, some a car and a lovely flat , just to be 2nd or 3rd wife... another one wanted to take me Overseas, so his wife will not know about our union... sad... But am not feeling the idea of being the 2nd best ...at all..I rejected d offers, stick with my thots of settling down with a single average hardworking guy. But the ones, I wanted are scared to marry me.. Can u see the irony of life. I was later matchmaked on two different occasions, I didn't like their mindset of treating a lady, like she doesn't exist... So I opt out...with some other sad issues.... Until I finally got hooked and married to my Prince Charming, who looked beyond my physical, but is focused on my character and believes am the best for him kiss... May God bless and continue to protect him for me..amen..
That's y, i know what am saying...

And marrying the wrong person is extremely disastrous..

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Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by free2ryhme: 4:48pm On Mar 17, 2013
who is iyabo ojo
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by OkikiOluwa1(m): 4:59pm On Mar 17, 2013
Reserved
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by DJDOLA(m): 5:00pm On Mar 17, 2013
mtchewww...muka ray gf.....
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Giftedhands2(f): 5:18pm On Mar 17, 2013
Interview looks like an article written by iyabo ojo herself, the way questions were asked does not ve an iota of professionalism...too long an interview and a boring one 4 dat matter.

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Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Nobody: 5:27pm On Mar 17, 2013
Gifted_hands: Interview looks like an article written by iyabo ojo herself, the way questions were asked does not ve an iota of professionalism...too long an interview and a boring one 4 dat matter.
lol, more of an Essay...
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by dobec(f): 5:37pm On Mar 17, 2013
[quote author=victorian]@ igho, I didn't cook it up.. I got married late. Before then, most young guys of my age or older than I, are always wary of wooing me....why? because I look flashy and very attractive, due to no fault of mine ... I had series of heartbreaks,from single guys that could have placed me in at yaba left , but thanks to some of my female friends , family who stood by me... And also at that period, married men were coming offering me gifts, some a car and a lovely flat , just to be 2nd or 3rd wife... another one wanted to take me Overseas, so his wife will not know about our union... sad... But am not feeling the idea of being the 2nd best ...at all..I rejected d offers, stick with my thots of settling down with a single average hardworking guy. But the ones, I wanted are scared to marry me.. Can u see the irony of life. I was later matchmaked on two different occasions, I didn't like their mindset of treating a lady, like she doesn't exist... So I opt out...with some other sad issues.... Until I finally got hooked and married to my Prince Charming, who looked beyond my physical, but is focused on my character and believes am the best for him kiss... May God bless and continue to protect him for me..amen..
That's y, i know what am saying...

And marrying the wrong person is extremely disastrous.. [/quote

Now that u are married expect different single ladies out their to sleep with ur husband and him in return offer them different gifts in return cos in ur desperation for husband u destroyed so many homes and affected lives negatively and that is even if ur husband is not a divorcee of a married man.its law of KARMA. Bible says do unto others and u would want others to do unto u.
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by iyaayi(f): 5:39pm On Mar 17, 2013
An essay, actually! But she said d same things on 'idan irawo', a dstv programme for yoruba movies stars! She was so passionate about denying muka as her bf despite their closeness.
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Nobody: 5:53pm On Mar 17, 2013
From Lagbo Osere on DSTV
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by slimfit1(m): 6:06pm On Mar 17, 2013
Not even one picture of the person you are talking about aba ma nai nai won nan.
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Bisjosh(f): 6:11pm On Mar 17, 2013
I just love this lady cos she stands out!!!! Love u Iyabo so much kiss
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by ifedun2: 6:12pm On Mar 17, 2013
Had always liked and respected Iyabo Ojo.She is very matured.Singlehandedly raising two kids is not an easy task o.

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Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by juman(m): 6:21pm On Mar 17, 2013
iya ayi: An essay, actually! But she said d same things on 'idan irawo', a dstv programme for yoruba movies stars! She was so passionate about denying muka as her bf despite their closeness.

Muka is not her boyfriend. They are just colleagues that like to be making movies together.
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Bisjosh(f): 6:23pm On Mar 17, 2013
Here are pics of her

Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by vision2050: 6:39pm On Mar 17, 2013
You see me when i take my bath "ode osi" just finding excuse to justify yourself. The bible is not in support of it moreso traditional is not accepted, i implore you to clean-off it (tatoo) if possible.....
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by temitemi1(m): 6:45pm On Mar 17, 2013
I no get time to read all dis things wey u write so!
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by lertee(f): 6:53pm On Mar 17, 2013
sexy lady
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by vision2050: 6:56pm On Mar 17, 2013
#me@:
From Lagbo Osere on DSTV
NO! Idan irawo lori africa magic yoruba
Re: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by Bootylicious(f): 8:23pm On Mar 17, 2013
Thanks
Bisjosh: Here are pics of her

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