In this new interview with
Leadership Newspaper, actress Mercy Johnson has explained how she has been able
to manage her marriage for four years without crisis. She also spoke about her
first day at her husband’s house and how he asked her to cook to her greatest
surprise and how she had to remind him she was MECRY JOHNSON. It’s an
interesting interview, enjoy;
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.
On the high divorce rate among
celebrities, she replied
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.
She also spoke about the secrets
to the stability of her marriage;
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