26/10/2025
I Donβt Believe Marriage is a Do or D+e Affair β Veteran actress Ngozi Nwosu recounts v+olent episodes in her marriage
Veteran Nollywood actress Ngozi Nwosu has opened up about physical v+olence in her marriage, describing harrowing incidents during an appearance on the Real Life with Aunty Ayo podcast.
βI donβt believe that marriage is a do or d+e affair,β Nwosu told host Aunty Ayo, saying many people stay in harmful relationships for the sake of social media appearances.
βPeople will go on social and put pictures of βhe slapped me, he did this, he did that.β My dear, if you see correct b+ating (laughs hard) correct pumelling, you wonβt even remember social media and start struggling for your life.β
Recounting a v+olent episode, the actress said a dispute escalated after she told her husband she did not want to quarrel that day. βHe asked me a question and I said βwhy Tunde please today is not the day of quarrel. I went to the kitchen to boil water, he just broke the kitchen doorβ¦ I will never forget that day.β Nwosu added that as the altercation intensified she suffered a pΒ₯lled strand of hair that drew bl++d.
She described a moment of desperate self-defense, saying she armed herself with a pestle and struck the door in a bid to stop the attack. βI was ready to k+ll him that day, that I donβt mind going to jail, I picked the pestle and threw it to the door, the thing pierced through the door and he dodged. I was vibrating. My neighbours saw me naked,β she said.
Nwosu urged people to recognise limits in abusive relationships: βWhen this thing is too much, α»mα», youβve got to move. If you take it once, forget it, you must be ready to take it for the rest of your life.β
Her frank testimony adds to ongoing conversations in Nigeriaβs entertainment circles about domestic v+olence, resilience and the difficult choices survivors face.