In a recent interview, veteran actor Segun Arinze revealed how he met his wife, Julie, 16 years after a failed marriage and several relationships. Arinze, a former AGN President, had a short-lived marriage with actress Anne Njemanze and a divorce that made headlines in 1997. Twelve years after the divorce, he found love in the arms of Julie, a lawyer, and they had a high-profile wedding in 2008.
Unlike his colleagues, Arinze has never been outspoken about his divorce. However, in a tell-it-all interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, the bilingual actor shared his love story. The 58-year-old revealed that in 2017, he cried to God for a wife after several failed attempts.
“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.
It’s not that I gave up on marriage; I was just confused about getting the right person. “I got into so many crazy relationships. Both the ones were good, crazy, and bad.
I saw all of them that year, in 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,’’ he said, Anyone can find love amidst pain. Sometimes, love surprises us when we least expect it.
It was certainly the case for the talented actor. PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us.