Another Nollywood marriage ends as actress, Ireti Doyle confirms her divorce from her husband of many years and colleague, Patrick Doyle.
For the first time, she spoke out on her divorce in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo.
She said that she and her husband of over 20 years are officially divorced.
“We are officially divorced,” she said.
Delving into her life’s journey, the actress corrected the false impression that she had her first child at 17, rather she stated that she was 19.
Speaking on how she suffered physical and domestic violence as a teen, Ireti Doyle affirmed that she had no business getting married at the time she did, not to talk of who she chose to get married to.
“The truth of the matter is that I had no business being married at that time talk less of… let’s not even go to the choice of who I got married to,” she stated.
The couple has allegedly lived separately for a while.
The estranged couple didn’t address the issue because they were taking a respectful and loving space at this painful time.
Their marriage had been on the rocks for a while and they stopped having shared interests.
Patrick and Ireti have not been stepping out together. When she was asked why, she said: “We are both busy people and you find that, in any one given weekend, we’ve both been invited to three or four different events where all three or four people are expecting to see us so we play it smart, we share it; if you’ve seen one you’ve seen the other.”
While the reason for their breakup is still unclear, a source said Patrick and Ireti ended their relationship after deliberations and agreed to remain friends.
Ireti and Patrick married over two decades ago, shortly after his first wife passed on. Both met on the set of a movie, shared six children, and lost one to sickle cell in 1999.