Ace actress, Funke Akindele Bello, has advised ladies to stop rushing into marriages because of pressure from family and friends.
Using her experience as a lesson, she narrated how she rushed into one and left the following year.
She revealed this in an interview with Chude Jideonwo. According to her, going into marriage when a woman or man is not ready is dangerous.
Funke also narrated the struggle she had after her failed marriage and the challenges into a new one.
She said, “I have never addressed this issue but I will do now to encourage ladies that are pressured to get married. Please calm down and take your time because if you rush in, you rush out…that is the lesson learnt….
“I just wanted to get married then, have children because I was being pressured by society, here and there….and then it didn’t work out and ended in a bad way….
“I was filming when the news broke on social media, I wanted to die, I lost some good deals and all but I didn’t let it break me.”
“I channeled my energy into work, made money and I saved a lot. I will wake up early to work….there will always be bad times but you will survive, don’t let it weigh you down because it will pass and because you serve a living God…
“There are times anger and jealousy will come, but don’t let it eat you up, as a young lady don’t be pressured into marriage, marry cos you love him and want to be with him not cos the society and everyone is pressuring you to, ignore the naysayers….. Do what makes you happy…”
Funke ended her first marriage in July 2013, barely a year into the marriage.
She got married to her husband, a Nigerian rapper and actor, JJC Skillz, in London in May 2016 and gave birth to twin boys in December 2018.
