The Rate At Which Nollywood Actresses File For Divorce Is Shocking – Pete Edochie

Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie has come out to express concerns over how women in the movie industry get divorced.

He recently had his say during an interview with Chude Jideonwo, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the reality is that Nollywood actresses who got married 2-3 years ago have all left their husbands by now, and he was particularly shocked when he found out that Chioma Chukwa also did the same.

Pete added that it is a shame because marriage should always be for better or worse, and not what the current generation has turned it to.

His words, “If you come to our Industry today, most of our girls who got married 2- 3 years ago have all left their husbands, from beginning to the end. I was shocked that Chioma Chukwa had left her husband, Ireti Doyle, Tonto Dikeh. You take a vow when you are going to get married for better or worse, not for better or out. You will always think it’s greener on the other side, that is the mistake we all make.”

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.