“My Divorce Is None Of Your Business” – Ireti Doyle To Nigerians

Ireti Doyle

Nollywood actress Ireti Doyle has opened up about why she didn’t drag her ex-husband, Patrick Doyle, to court after they divorced. She recently had her say during an interview with Morayo Afolabi Brown, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, she kept quiet about her divorce because she only owed her family and those who gathered at their wedding an explanation, not Nigerians.

Ireti added that social media users don’t care about people online, and no one really wins on the internet.

Her words, “First of all, you didn’t hear anything because it wasn’t your business.

Two people come together to get married, and there’s a celebration. Sadly, something goes wrong, and you can no longer continue your journey together. The only people you owe an explanation to, if at all, are those small family and friends who gathered on day one.

You see, the larger audience you’re performing for does not care.
I personally would never knowingly give myself up as clickbait. You’re never going to win, so who are you explaining your matter to?

The end of a long-term relationship, let alone marriage, is painful. Whatever the circumstances, not apportioning blame is painful.

You need to spend the energy you’re using to perform for an audience who doesn’t care to sit down, go deep within, understand what went wrong for the sole purpose of not making the same mistake again.”

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.