Actresses can have a happy home, mother of two Mercy
Johnson Okojie says in a new interview with Leadership. She
also talked about what causes high rate of divorce among
celebs. Read below...

There is a general notion that actresses do not make
good wives. Do you agree with this submission?

Well, I can only speak from my own perspective and
when I say my perspective, I mean from my personal
experiences, marriage and relationship with my
husband. One of the biggest lies anyone can tell himself/
herself is using one or more random experiences to
judge and stereotype others. We all have our different
stories to tell. 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.

What do you think is responsible for the high divorce
rate among celebrities?

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.

Apart from love and trust, what other secrets would you
attribute to the stability of your marriage
?
I don’t even have to think about it. It is honesty. I remember
the words of my pastor to me even before we got married.
He advised me never to have a marriage built on lies and I
listened. I don’t lie to my husband. We have agreed to tell
the truth to each other regardless of how painful or scary it
might be. I remember one instance when I found myself
crying when I had to tell him the truth. That day, I had
attended an event wearing a lovely dress that had a slit but
unfortunately, at that event, the paparazzi captured a wrong
image of me. I picked up my phone and I don’t think I have
to tell you who I called first. My husband, of course, and
guess what? I was crying and sobbing even before I started
talking to him because I felt really bad about it. Rather than
lie to him, I told him the complete truth and it helped in no
small measure. I remember him asking how bad it was and

I
remember telling him that it was really bad. I sent him the
photo and he consoled me. That is what a husband who is
also a friend does. He did not rub it in my face, insult me,
make me feel bad or dent my self-esteem. He was there for
me when I needed him and he has not stopped till date.

This
is one of the reasons I do not hide anything from him. He
loves me just as passionately and as fiercely as I love him
and I have no doubt in my mind that our marriage was
ordained. God had a hand in it and that is why everything
just works out between us. That is the only thing I can
consider the secret of our love story, which continues to
blossom. I have two children, an amazing husband and
millions of fans who have held my back over the years and
of course, God who has watched over my affairs from the
very first day I arrived in this world till this moment.

Yes actresses can have a happy home, but as for u Time will tell, u snatched another womans husband. Karma will get u