Afeez Oyetoro, the Nigerian comic actor better known as Saka, has revealed why he got married at the age of 40.
In a recent interview on WithChude, the 61-year-old entertainer listed the major factors that delayed his marriage: his lack of confidence and financial instability as a theatre practitioner.
The comic actor disclosed that his mentors in the industry failed to teach him the business side of acting, leaving him financially unprepared for marriage.
Saka also recalled one point where a woman he intended to marry demanded that he owned two cars before they could wed — a request that made him realise she wasn’t the right partner.
“I did not have confidence. It took me a long time to start toasting. I got married late because of two major things. My profession and myself. In my profession, which is theatre, there was no money to be made. Then, nobody recognises artistes. We were doing it out of passion. And the worst part of it is that they did not teach us how to make money from theatre. We were just acting,” he said.
“When I finished, I had no car, nothing. Obviously, when you call a girl, they would look at you like there was no future for you. In fact, one of them told me one day that ‘Afeez you are wasting your life. Leave this theatre and go and do something relevant with your life’.
“The one I was actually supposed to marry was demanding that I have two cars before she married me. Then something told me, Afezz, this is not your wife.
“So, I ran away. It was not until I got to college that I got married.”
Oyetoro, famous for his hilarious roles in Nollywood films, studied Theatre Arts at Obafemi Awolowo University and the University of Ibadan.
The actor got married to Olaide Oyetoro in 2003 and their union is blessed with three children.
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