General News | 9 March 2007 14:10 CET

MARRIAGE CAN'T STOP ME —OPEYEMI AYEOLA

Sultry actress, Opeyemi Ayeola, whose traditional wedding holds on 24 March, explains how she intends to cope with her new status in this interview

Q: Where do you plan to have your honeymoon?
A: That's one thing I won't like to discuss with anybody.

Q: What's your plan on an ideal family, I mean how soon do you intend to start making babies and how many?
A: I believe God's time is the best and babies will come soon.

Q: As an actress, would you face your career first before making babies?
A: That's what I have just said. It is God Almighty that produces babies and He will surely give me one soon.

Q: Let's talk about your husband, does he encourage your acting career?
A: With all honesty, yes.

Q: Why did you decide to get married when people least expected it?
A: Because it is believed that ti omode ba to l'oko, o maa n l'oko, ti o ba to ni ada, o maa ni ada. (There is time for everything). I think this is God's time.

Q: There's a general belief that actresses don't really enjoy marriage with men outside their profession, how's yours going to work?
A: I don't believe in that.

Q: There was a rumour that you had a child outside wedlock, how true?
A: I am not talking about that any more.

Q: Did you enjoy the recent holiday imposed by your association and what opportunities did it create for you?
A: It was a good time for me because I was able to spend more time with my husband.

Q: Did you say husband? Are you married already?
A: Yes, we're married already. That was 27 January. It was church wedding, while the traditional one is on the way.

Q: You look quite chubby, are you pregnant?
A: Did you impregnate me? Everybody will know when I am pregnant. It cannot be hidden.

Q: Some of your colleagues have just fallen out of ANTP to form another body, what's your view about this?
A: Sorry, I am not aware of that.

Q: But they are said to be aggrieved over the proposed ANTP regulations?
A: People are expected to grumble when there's a new law or rule. But I am not aware that people have left the association.

Q: Don't you care about the state of the association especially now that it has been factionalised?
A: All I want is the best for the association and myself.

Q: After the wedding, what are your plans?
A: I'll wait for God's plan.

Q: Do you intend to go into other things?
A: Maybe if I have money to set up a business.

Q: Do you hope to retire from acting?
A: I am an actress and will never retire from acting.

Q: What if your husband says you must quit?
A: That's our business.

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