Nigerian actor Joseph Benjamin who on Tuesday opens up on his
marriage crisis in this recent interview with Adeola Adeyemi revealed
how he married his wife out of pity because she got pregnant while they
were dating.
Joseph Benjamin who is formally separated
from his wife of 8 years said he married her when he discovered she got
pregnant because he doesn’t want to father children out of wedlock. From the interview, the actor apparently didn’t love his wife. He allegedly married her out of pity. Interview excerpt below.
What Really Happened in his Marriage?:
“I was married for 8 years. It was a rather odd situation at that time.
She got pregnant and I didn’t want to have a child out of wedlock and
so I married her so we could build a home together for the unborn child.
Things weren’t rosy then, but I believed it was the right thing to do
for the sake of the child. I overlooked my own personal desires, I just
wanted to do right. Our second child came and I stood by my family like I
always have; but no one is perfect, we had our issues – the crisis
persisted but we stayed because of the kids. But you never make that
kind of decision because if the parents are not happy together then the
children suffer.”
Is Your Wife Older Than You?: ''She is
not older than me, and she wasn’t taking care of my financial needs as
people have insinuated. We were both starting off in life on the same
grounds – no one was exploited.” “I’ve been separated for a year now but
we still keep a good relationship, and our separation was a mutual
agreement. She is a good woman but I could not go on with the union
anymore seeing the foundation it was built on was untrue. I have two
wonderful children – a ten year old daughter and a seven year old son.
They are an integral part of my life; their mum and I have a very good
arrangement on how to balance their lives and make sure that
psychologically they are stable and unaffected by our separation.”
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