Mercy Johnson Talks About Her Husband, Marriage

Popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson has explained how she has been able
to make her marriage work for four years without issues.

Mercy Johnson and Family

The actress in a new interview with Leadership Newspaper revealed how she has

been able to manage her marriage for four years. 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 the excerpts below;

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.

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.

What do you think is responsible for the high divorce rate among celebrities?

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.

Apart from love and trust, what other secrets would you attribute to the stability of

your marriage?

I don’t even have to think about it. It is honesty. I remember the words of my pastor

to me even before we got married. He advised me never to have a marriage built on

lies and I listened. I don’t lie to my husband. We have agreed to tell the truth to

each other regardless of how painful or scary it might be. I remember one instance

when I found myself crying when I had to tell him the truth. That day, I had attended

an event wearing a lovely dress that had a slit but unfortunately, at that event, the

paparazzi captured a wrong image of me. I picked up my phone and I don’t think I

have to tell you who I called first. My husband, of course, and guess what? I was

crying and sobbing even before I started talking to him because I felt really bad

about it. Rather than lie to him, I told him the complete truth and it helped in no

small measure. I remember him asking how bad it was and I remember telling him

that it was really bad. I sent him the photo and he consoled me. That is what a

husband who is also a friend does. He did not rub it in my face, insult me, make me

feel bad or dent my self-esteem. He was there for me when I needed him and he

has not stopped till date. This is one of the reasons I do not hide anything from him.

He loves me just as passionately and as fiercely as I love him and I have no doubt

in my mind that our marriage was ordained. God had a hand in it and that is why

everything just works out between us. That is the only thing I can consider the secret

of our love story, which continues to blossom. I have two children, an amazing

husband and millions of fans who have held my back over the years and of course,

God who has watched over my affairs from the very first day I arrived in this world

till this moment.