Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe said it was the absolute love for her husband, Kazim Adeoti, that made her switch her religion.
Aigbe who was speaking during a TVC interview stated that she admired the devotion of her man and it was very easy for her to dump Christianity for Islam.
“It’s because of love that I did what I did, I remarried. I’m a lover girl, very emotional. I love love,” said Aigbe
“When it comes to religion, I’m very liberal. I love my husband very much; he’s very religious. He prays, and he’s someone I admire greatly, so I just felt that.”
“I just decided on my own. I’m a 45-year-old woman, responsible for my actions and decisions.”
Speaking on her experiences as an actress, she added: “I once met a producer in Surulere, and I expressed to him how much I would love to act.
“He told me he had an upcoming film, and invited me to his office for an audition. I passed three stages of the audition. After the last audition, I was given a minor role. I told him that was not the character I was auditioning for, and he replied that the director said he did not know me, and that was why he said I should be close to him (the producer).
“He had been making passes at me before then, but he did not come out clean to me until that day. He then stood up and tried to touch me. I was very upset, and I told him he could not do that to me, because I had earned the role.
“That was a huge insult to my person, and I thought if that was what it took to be an actress, I did not want to be an actress anymore. I tore the script and eventually left. On my way home, I cried because I had left a well-paying job to join Nollywood, and I was already a single mother at the time.”
