Veteran Yoruba actress Lanre Adesina Hassan, popularly known as Iya Awero, has opened up about her past relationship and her views on remarriage.
In a recent interview on Behind the Fame – African List, the seasoned actress recounted how her husband was initially supportive of her acting career during their courtship. However, things took a different turn after they got married. She revealed that he later became unsupportive and would resort to physical violence whenever she left for movie sets.
According to her, the marriage was short-lived as her husband passed away not long after.
When asked about the idea of remarrying, Iya Awero stated that it’s not something she considers, adding that no one can predict what challenges lie ahead in another marriage.
“Our love story wasn’t easy. When we were still dating, he supported my acting, he’d even come to watch our rehearsals. But after we got married, everything changed. He insisted I stop working. I told him I couldn’t do that, that acting was my passion and I wasn’t willing to give it up.
When I kept going out to perform, he’d become violent. He beat me more than once for going against his wishes, saying, ‘Didn’t I tell you not to go?’ It reached a point where I had to speak up. I told my bosses, our father figure Chief Duro Ladipo, the late Art Alade, who I worked with on the Bar Beach Show, and Baba Mero. They all stepped in. Baba Mero even came to our house and confronted him directly.
Eventually, I decided I couldn’t stay in the marriage. I told him I was done, that I wanted out so I could keep doing what I loved. At first, he didn’t believe I meant it. But when I disappeared for two days, my bosses sat him down again and explained that this was about my career, not misbehavior or promiscuity. He finally agreed to let me work.
Sadly, we never really got to enjoy the marriage. He died young. I was still very young myself, but I made a decision then, I wouldn’t remarry. I chose to focus entirely on raising my children instead.”
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