Nigerian actress, Ireti Doyle, has for the first time in a public interview confirmed that her marriage to her husband, Patrick Doyle, has crashed.
The thespian made this disclosure in an exclusive interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, where she opened up on some mysteries surrounding her life.
Ireti, who shares six children with her ex-husband, clearly stated that they are officially divorced. According to her, she shouldn’t have gotten married at the time she did, and to the man she married.
“The truth of the matter is that I had no business being married at that time talk less of… let’s not even go to the choice of who I got married to,” she said in part.
The 55-year-old actress also corrected the false narrative that she welcomed her first child at the young age of 17, stating that she was 19.
Speaking further, Ireti shed light on how she suffered physical and domestic violence as a teenager.
She continued by saying she doesn’t care about what people say about her because she doesn’t live her life on other people’s terms.
Iretiola Olusola Doyle (born 5 May 1967) is a Nigerian actress, entertainer, TV presenter, writer and a public speaker.
Doyle was born on 3 May 1967 in Ondo State but spent her early years with her family in Boston, United States. After returning to Nigeria, she attended Christ’s School Ado Ekiti and obtained Diploma in Mass Communication and also graduated from the University of Jos with a degree in Theatre Arts.
Doyle is a writer, actor, producer and presenter. She produced and presented her own fashion and lifestyle show titled Oge With Iretiola for ten years and at different times anchored several television shows, like Morning Ride, Today On STV and Nimasa This Week on Channels TV.
She was nominated at the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards in the Best Actress In A Leading Role category for her portrayal of Dr. Elizabeth in the Ebony Life film Fifty. She also appeared in The Arbitration and The Wedding Party, Other films include Dinner and Madam President.
On television, she has created characters on shows like Fuji House Of Commotion, Dowry, and Gidi Up.