“I and My Husband Are Violent Towards Each Other”-Nollywood Actress Reveals
Nollywood actress, Bose Alao has revealed how she and her husband, Footballer Razak Omotoyosi have been engaging in domestic violence for the past ten years of their marriage.
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Bose Alao shared how they got into a fight on the day of their tenth wedding anniversary and almost gave up on the marriage while speaking in a chat with Punch.
Bose Alao
Bose Alao said: “On that particular day, which was our 10th year wedding anniversary, we had a fight and he smashed my phone and I was very angry. It wasn’t even the fight we had that angered me; it was the fact that he destroyed my phone. Because of that, I poured out my anger on my WhatsApp status, where he would see it. I didn’t want it to be public knowledge, initially, but a journalist on my contact list screen-grabbed my updates and posted them online”
Razak Omotoyosi and Bose Alao
The actress, however, revealed that she and her husband have begun a therapy to put an end to the violence.
She said: “that type of news actually affects my husband’s career. To be honest with you, I and my husband are violent towards each other and we’re trying to get help. Whenever he hits me, I retaliate but everybody knows that he can beat me. Every marriage has issues but we often expect too much from our partners. There was a time my pastor even told me that I should put water in my mouth whenever I am angry but it didn’t work and I spat out the water when we were fighting. We are both undergoing therapy right now. Now, I am very quiet; even when my husband is upset, I keep calm. I thank God that there is peace in our marriage now and I pray there wouldn’t be any incidence of domestic violence again.”
She further explained that they have both taken the decision to keep their marriage because of their all-female children.
She said: “When you beat a woman, she develops unbridled hatred for you. I believe a woman has the power to mould her husband into whatever shape she wants; anybody can change. When we came back together, we were both sorry and are both looking for ways to coexist peacefully because of our children. All our offspring are girls and a lot of men don’t want to marry women from broken homes.”
Bose Alao with her four girls
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