January 30, (THEWILL) – Nollywood actresses Toyin-Abraham Ajeyemi and Anita Joseph Olagunju share a few things in common. Apart from being much sought-after in the movie industry, their choices of male partners have been severely criticised. Although they both enjoying marital bliss, they both have to keep fighting to silence naysayers who are bent on ridiculing their husbands by calling them gold-diggers, who got married to them because of their wealth and fame.
Toyin decided to give marriage another shot after the collapse of her three-year-old marriage to her colleague, Adeniyi Johnson. She reportedly caught her husband in the act with a younger colleague, Seyi Edun who is now married to him. In 2017.
Toyin moved on, got engaged to another colleague, Kolawole Ajeyemi and in 2019, they got married traditionally. As much as they have tried to keep their marriage intact, naysayers have repeatedly made attempts to ridicule the love they have for each other. Kolawole has been attacked for ‘feeding fat’ on his wife’s wealth and fame. Even when he recently bought a new car a few weeks ago to celebrate his birthday, critics accused him of milking his wife dry by making her cough out the money for the wonder on wheels. They conclude that featuring in many top-notch movies, some of which are the highest grossing movies in the cinema, as well as bagging numerous endorsement deals from reputable companies, more often than her husband, can only mean that Toyin is richer than her husband. The couple has made several efforts to debunk the tales, stating that they don’t care if either of them is richer than the other and that only their love for each other matters. But naysayers would rather believe what they want.
The same has been the case of Anita Joseph. Not only have critics bashed the actress and her husband, hype man cum master of ceremony, Michael Fisayo Olagunju, whom she married in February 2020, for repeatedly sharing their very private and intimate moments on social media and at public events, they accuse Anita of being the one in control of the marriage.
They also accused her husband of living off his wife and labeled him an opportunist who rose to fame on Anita’s good will.
Michael has been accused of having nothing to his name, not even a car, as he cruises around in his wife’s branded car. The backlash and negative reactions they get has however done little or nothing to stop them from displaying their affection publicly or celebrating their marriage.
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