Nigerian Filmmaker, Funke Akindele has shared her thoughts on her previous marriages and their end.
The Nollywood actress said that she takes her life one step at a time, and that she doesn’t see a marriage that ended as a personal failure of hers.
“For me, if you don’t fail, you can’t be successful. You have to keep trying. But you have to pick yourself up and rise again. For me, I see obstacles as part of life. And I do not even see the failure. If you ask me, ‘Can you tell me one failure?’ I do not see it as a failure. Maybe my personal life, yes…you know…marriage stuff. I just take it as it comes,” she said.
Akindele also noted that her outlook comes from her late mother’s teachings.
She continued, “My mum raised me like that. My mum will say if you do not fail, if you do not fall, you cannot succeed. So you have to keep going.”
Two marriages have been celebrated by Funke Akindele, the first in 2012 to well-known Oshodi based businessman Adeola Kehinde Oloyede. Before it ended, there were numerous reports of adultery and abuse in this marriage. Then once more in 2016 she got married to JJC Skillz. Their marriage fell apart in 2020, but not before they welcomed a set of twin boys.
Akindele has subsequently talked candidly about the lessons she took away from her previous marriages, though. She used herself as an example back in September 2023, pointing out that she got married early after giving in to social pressure. She has persevered in her optimism and utilized her experiences to mentor other women in spite of her setbacks.
