Segun Arinze speaks on his failed marriage and reveals how he cried
Veteran Nollywood actor Segun Arinze has reflected on why he remained single for 12 years following the end of his marriage. The 58-year-old actor’s first marriage to actress Anne Njemanze ended in divorce in 1996. He remarried Julie in 2008 after a lengthy hiatus.
In an interview with media personality Chude, Segun Arinze revealed that after his divorce from Njemanze, he was “confused about finding the right person.” He shared that he had been involved in numerous relationships before he cried out to God in 2007 for a wife.
He said;
“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.”
