I Don’t Regret Keeping My Marriage Private – Ruth Kadiri

Nollywood actress Ruth Kadiri has come out to explain why she prefers to keep her marriage out of the public eye. She recently had her say during an interview with Ifedayo Agoro, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, while many keep saying that she is hiding her husband by keeping his identity hidden, choosing privacy over publicity has been one of the best decisions she has ever made.

Ruth added that by keeping her marriage private, she has been able to stay focused on her relationship without unnecessary external interference.

Her words, “I think it was the best decision I ever made because it has helped me stay grounded. It has helped me define my relationship. I don’t have external factors deciding how I deal or relate with my spouse.

People do not know him, so there is no pressure on his end.

My husband is not a secret. My life is not as private as people think. People who know me know him. That’s enough. I’m not hiding my husband. We go to church together, events they post his pictures. Most events I organize, he is there.

Check his social media page, he posts only word of God—not even his pictures. He is private.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.