Nollywood actress and producer Ruth Kadiri has explained why she chose to keep her marriage and personal life away from the public.
Kadiri spoke about her decision during a recent episode of the Dear Ife podcast, where she revealed that she had a fear of marriage and was unsure about how her decision to marry would turn out.
According to the actress, her concerns about the future of her marriage made her decide against having a public relationship. She added that her husband supported her choice and agreed with her on keeping their wedding small.
‘I had a phobia of marriage. I was battling with the fear of the unknown and asking myself, ‘Am I going to make this decision and everything will now scatter?’ So, I wasn’t really ready to have a public marriage, and my husband was okay with it.
‘Also, I didn’t want a lot of drama regarding my relationship. That’s why my husband and I invited only 50 people to our wedding. Twenty-five people were invited by him, while 25 others were invited by me. If I were abroad, I guess we would have just probably walked to the registry and gotten married,’ she said.
Ruth Kadiri and her husband got married in a private ceremony in 2018, with only 50 guests in attendance.
The couple welcomed their first daughter in August 2019 and their second daughter in July 2022.