Inter-racial
marriage is now a common trend among celebrities in the Nigerian
entertainment industry. Nigerian female and male celebrities are
breaking the barriers by marrying non-Nigerian men and women. In droves,
they are marrying Caribbean nationals, White-Americans and
African-Americans.
Uche Jombo and Kenney Rodriguez (American-Puerto Rican born)
Uche Jumbo is unarguably one of the A-list actresses currently rocking the Nigerian motion picture industry globally known as Nollywood. Aside her huge success as an actress, she is also a thriving movie producer with close to ten flicks to her credit.
It is just over a year since the Abiriba, Abia-State-born thespian walked down the aisle with her American-Puerto Rican born husband, Kenny Rodriguez, in a low-key wedding that took place on the shores of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean.
The weeding, which held precisely on May 16, 2012 took many of her teeming fans by surprise. Since they both signed the dotted lines, the couple has been living happily ever after.
A visibly overjoyed Rodriguez, in an interview narrated how he met and fell in love with his darling wife, Uche.
Hear him, “We got to know each other through a friend who happens to be a business partner but it took some few months and persuasion before she finally agreed to marry me because I told her point blank that I want to marry her. She paused and never said anything, after much conviction, she threw in the towel. My wife is beautiful, gorgeous, loving, caring, amiable and a good cook. Her smiles keep me going and I’m always happy whenever she is around me,” love-struck Rodriguez added.
Uche Jombo and Kenney Rodriguez (American-Puerto Rican born)
Uche Jumbo is unarguably one of the A-list actresses currently rocking the Nigerian motion picture industry globally known as Nollywood. Aside her huge success as an actress, she is also a thriving movie producer with close to ten flicks to her credit.
It is just over a year since the Abiriba, Abia-State-born thespian walked down the aisle with her American-Puerto Rican born husband, Kenny Rodriguez, in a low-key wedding that took place on the shores of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean.
The weeding, which held precisely on May 16, 2012 took many of her teeming fans by surprise. Since they both signed the dotted lines, the couple has been living happily ever after.
A visibly overjoyed Rodriguez, in an interview narrated how he met and fell in love with his darling wife, Uche.
Hear him, “We got to know each other through a friend who happens to be a business partner but it took some few months and persuasion before she finally agreed to marry me because I told her point blank that I want to marry her. She paused and never said anything, after much conviction, she threw in the towel. My wife is beautiful, gorgeous, loving, caring, amiable and a good cook. Her smiles keep me going and I’m always happy whenever she is around me,” love-struck Rodriguez added.
Anita Hogan and Ted Mark (Dutch)
Precisely on October 18, 2006, few friends and family members of Anita Hogan, a star of Nigeria’s TV reality show, The Gulder Ultimate Search, gathered at the registry of Eti Osa Local Government Area in Ikoyi, Lagos for her wedding.
Indeed, it was a great turning point for the dark-skinned actress amid the nude pictures scandal that almost cost her life.
In fact, it was a shocking development that instantly wrecked the career of the sensational actress, who even threatened to commit suicide.
Fortunately for her, the aged man at the centre of the scandalous pictures eventually walked her down the aisle.
Although, Mr. Ted Mark had once dabbled into marriage, which produced three grown up kids, it wasn’t a hitch for the talented actress who also had gone ahead to make a beautiful family with her Dutch husband with two lovely kids.
Wondering how she copes being married to a foreigner who is almost twice her age? She was quick to allay any fear of possible breakup.
According to her, “I have learnt to speak Dutch. I never believed I would end up with a white guy. It just happened. I am attracted to his openness and the fact that he is a very rugged man. We started as friends, then got closer and we later got married. He is also a very amazing father, I admire the way he cares for his kids. I am very grateful to God for him. He was once married and the union produced three children who are all grown up now”, she once disclosed in an interview.
Precisely on October 18, 2006, few friends and family members of Anita Hogan, a star of Nigeria’s TV reality show, The Gulder Ultimate Search, gathered at the registry of Eti Osa Local Government Area in Ikoyi, Lagos for her wedding.
Indeed, it was a great turning point for the dark-skinned actress amid the nude pictures scandal that almost cost her life.
In fact, it was a shocking development that instantly wrecked the career of the sensational actress, who even threatened to commit suicide.
Fortunately for her, the aged man at the centre of the scandalous pictures eventually walked her down the aisle.
Although, Mr. Ted Mark had once dabbled into marriage, which produced three grown up kids, it wasn’t a hitch for the talented actress who also had gone ahead to make a beautiful family with her Dutch husband with two lovely kids.
Wondering how she copes being married to a foreigner who is almost twice her age? She was quick to allay any fear of possible breakup.
According to her, “I have learnt to speak Dutch. I never believed I would end up with a white guy. It just happened. I am attracted to his openness and the fact that he is a very rugged man. We started as friends, then got closer and we later got married. He is also a very amazing father, I admire the way he cares for his kids. I am very grateful to God for him. He was once married and the union produced three children who are all grown up now”, she once disclosed in an interview.
Chioma and Andrew Toplis (British)
Once upon a time, the media was awash with the rumour that the marriage of Nollywood busty actress and model; Chioma Toplis was heading for the rocks.
However, she debunked the incessant rumours trailing her marriage during a recent exclusive interview with Entertainment Express when she said, “Not for me, no matter how they talk about it, it will never happen. Many people find it hard to believe me when I tell them that since I got married to him for close to 18 years now I have never cooked for him. He’s the one that cooks. It was even rumoured that I used juju to hold the man and I would say, “thank God the ‘juju’ is working.” Each time my cousins come to my house they would be feeling uncomfortable to see me sitting while my husband cooks for me. Yet, I can’t even remember quarreling with my husband any day,” she asserted.
Since the Abia State born actress came to limelight after settling down with Andrew Toplis, a UK born Engineer, she has been battling with allegations of unstable marriage.
But the big, bold and beautiful mother of three (two girls and a boy) with a towering height is never tired of defending her home, which she described as the type any woman would dream of.
How she is coping with foreign in-laws? Hear her, “I don’t have any problem with his family. My mother-in-law died when I had my daughter in 1998 and my father-in-law also died four years ago. They used to come and stay with us during Christmas period. I never had any problem with them before they died. My husband has only one sister who lives in Cyprus.”
Once upon a time, the media was awash with the rumour that the marriage of Nollywood busty actress and model; Chioma Toplis was heading for the rocks.
However, she debunked the incessant rumours trailing her marriage during a recent exclusive interview with Entertainment Express when she said, “Not for me, no matter how they talk about it, it will never happen. Many people find it hard to believe me when I tell them that since I got married to him for close to 18 years now I have never cooked for him. He’s the one that cooks. It was even rumoured that I used juju to hold the man and I would say, “thank God the ‘juju’ is working.” Each time my cousins come to my house they would be feeling uncomfortable to see me sitting while my husband cooks for me. Yet, I can’t even remember quarreling with my husband any day,” she asserted.
Since the Abia State born actress came to limelight after settling down with Andrew Toplis, a UK born Engineer, she has been battling with allegations of unstable marriage.
But the big, bold and beautiful mother of three (two girls and a boy) with a towering height is never tired of defending her home, which she described as the type any woman would dream of.
How she is coping with foreign in-laws? Hear her, “I don’t have any problem with his family. My mother-in-law died when I had my daughter in 1998 and my father-in-law also died four years ago. They used to come and stay with us during Christmas period. I never had any problem with them before they died. My husband has only one sister who lives in Cyprus.”
Ufuoma Ejenabor and Steve McDermott (European)
It’s been three years since actress and former beauty queen, Ufuoma Ejenobor and her husband Steven McDermott tied the knots.
Today, the proud parents are gradually building a family after the birth of their baby boy, christened, Isio Jared McDermott.
While happily recalling how they met and fell in the love, charming Ufuoma said; “We have a mutual friend; they both work as advertisers. I met his friend while I was filming Everything It Takes for Wale Adenuga. There was a particular day we went out for drinks and my husband who was his friend was with them. We hung out, became friends, started spending time with each other and started to feel very comfortable with each other.”
She further said, “It wasn’t anything planned, it just happened and I’m glad it did because my husband is a wonderful person. He has a good heart and that is the most important thing for me.”
For the Delta State born actress, coping with her in-laws and adjusting to foreign culture were much easier than she had thought and made to believe.
The Queen of My Heart actress said, “The first time I spoke to his mum on the phone, I said “Hello Ma” and she said “No don’t call me that, call me Jean. I had to say to her “Sorry Ma, you might not like this but your name right now is Mummy”. He has been in Nigeria for over 10 years but there are still some things he is trying to adjust to. I cannot honestly tell you that we’ve broken down every barrier of culture shock, but somehow we’ve tried to find our own meeting point to make sure that everything is balanced out.” The couple has been living happily ever since.
It’s been three years since actress and former beauty queen, Ufuoma Ejenobor and her husband Steven McDermott tied the knots.
Today, the proud parents are gradually building a family after the birth of their baby boy, christened, Isio Jared McDermott.
While happily recalling how they met and fell in the love, charming Ufuoma said; “We have a mutual friend; they both work as advertisers. I met his friend while I was filming Everything It Takes for Wale Adenuga. There was a particular day we went out for drinks and my husband who was his friend was with them. We hung out, became friends, started spending time with each other and started to feel very comfortable with each other.”
She further said, “It wasn’t anything planned, it just happened and I’m glad it did because my husband is a wonderful person. He has a good heart and that is the most important thing for me.”
For the Delta State born actress, coping with her in-laws and adjusting to foreign culture were much easier than she had thought and made to believe.
The Queen of My Heart actress said, “The first time I spoke to his mum on the phone, I said “Hello Ma” and she said “No don’t call me that, call me Jean. I had to say to her “Sorry Ma, you might not like this but your name right now is Mummy”. He has been in Nigeria for over 10 years but there are still some things he is trying to adjust to. I cannot honestly tell you that we’ve broken down every barrier of culture shock, but somehow we’ve tried to find our own meeting point to make sure that everything is balanced out.” The couple has been living happily ever since.
Kate Henshaw and James Roderick Nuttal (British, Separated)
Kate Henshaw is undoubtedly one of the most popular and gifted Nigerian actresses.
Kate, the Cross-River State born actress got married in 1999 to a British born James Roderick Nuttal. The couple had their daughter and only child Ella Nuttal in 2000.
Unfortunately, the star actress and her British better half of 12 years, Nuttal are no longer together. The multiple award-winning actress and her British hubby parted ways amicably in November, 2011 following ‘irreconcilable’ differences and allegations anchored on infidelity. Their breakup was a rude shock to entertainment enthusiasts as well as her colleagues.
Before the infamous crash, the 42-year-old mother of one had announced repeatedly that she was happily married to Roderick Nuttal and that her marriage was working well.
In fact, it was alleged that her hubby, the Managing Director of Ledrop Nigeria Limited (agents for Jack Daniels and Piper Hiedsieck) was romancing his secretary simply identified as Angela Gordon, one of the reasons the marriage hit the rocks.
Since the heart-shattering breakup, Kate has decided to move on with her life and career.
Oluchi and Luca Orlandi (Italian)
Oluchi Orlandi is a popular Nigerian international supermodel. She won the Face of Africa in 1998 and had also appeared on the cover of a lot of renowned magazines such as Vogue, Elle and Sports Illustrated for a record four times. Oluchi, 31, is happily married to a 52-year-old popular Italian fashion photographer, Luca Orlandi since August 2005. The happy union has produced a baby boy. She is in the top list of celebrities who have sustained interracial marriages.
When recently asked how she copes, she said “I have been married since 2005. I think it is just marrying your best friend more than anything.
“A man that will understand you; a man that will support you in good and bad times. My husband is my best friend.
The dark and beautiful model maintains that her marriage has been wonderful because she married her best friend even though it is an interracial marriage.
Regina Askia and Rudy Williams (American)
Born Imaobong Regina Askia Usoro in 1967 but famously known as Regina Askia. She was a one time Nigeria’s top actress and ex beauty Queen. Regina secretly married her American-born husband, Ruddy Williams somewhere in Lagos few years back.
The union shocked a lot of her colleagues and admirers because the news of her white wedding, which was witnessed by a selected crowd, was quite unexpected, as it came on the heels of her controversial break-up with an Igbo big boy, Charles Orie.
And while cynics simply chose not to give that marriage a chance of being a till death-do-us-apart affair, Regina again made a big statement that her marriage was for real, when she simply relocated to America to live full time with her American husband. She also took along with her Stephanie, her first daughter whom she had for her ex French lover, Patrick.
Now working as a registered nurse, Regina who is still looking very radiant and beautiful had two kids with Ruddy; a boy and a girl. Although, insiders are alleging that the once beautiful union has crashed.
Kate Henshaw is undoubtedly one of the most popular and gifted Nigerian actresses.
Kate, the Cross-River State born actress got married in 1999 to a British born James Roderick Nuttal. The couple had their daughter and only child Ella Nuttal in 2000.
Unfortunately, the star actress and her British better half of 12 years, Nuttal are no longer together. The multiple award-winning actress and her British hubby parted ways amicably in November, 2011 following ‘irreconcilable’ differences and allegations anchored on infidelity. Their breakup was a rude shock to entertainment enthusiasts as well as her colleagues.
Before the infamous crash, the 42-year-old mother of one had announced repeatedly that she was happily married to Roderick Nuttal and that her marriage was working well.
In fact, it was alleged that her hubby, the Managing Director of Ledrop Nigeria Limited (agents for Jack Daniels and Piper Hiedsieck) was romancing his secretary simply identified as Angela Gordon, one of the reasons the marriage hit the rocks.
Since the heart-shattering breakup, Kate has decided to move on with her life and career.
Oluchi and Luca Orlandi (Italian)
Oluchi Orlandi is a popular Nigerian international supermodel. She won the Face of Africa in 1998 and had also appeared on the cover of a lot of renowned magazines such as Vogue, Elle and Sports Illustrated for a record four times. Oluchi, 31, is happily married to a 52-year-old popular Italian fashion photographer, Luca Orlandi since August 2005. The happy union has produced a baby boy. She is in the top list of celebrities who have sustained interracial marriages.
When recently asked how she copes, she said “I have been married since 2005. I think it is just marrying your best friend more than anything.
“A man that will understand you; a man that will support you in good and bad times. My husband is my best friend.
The dark and beautiful model maintains that her marriage has been wonderful because she married her best friend even though it is an interracial marriage.
Regina Askia and Rudy Williams (American)
Born Imaobong Regina Askia Usoro in 1967 but famously known as Regina Askia. She was a one time Nigeria’s top actress and ex beauty Queen. Regina secretly married her American-born husband, Ruddy Williams somewhere in Lagos few years back.
The union shocked a lot of her colleagues and admirers because the news of her white wedding, which was witnessed by a selected crowd, was quite unexpected, as it came on the heels of her controversial break-up with an Igbo big boy, Charles Orie.
And while cynics simply chose not to give that marriage a chance of being a till death-do-us-apart affair, Regina again made a big statement that her marriage was for real, when she simply relocated to America to live full time with her American husband. She also took along with her Stephanie, her first daughter whom she had for her ex French lover, Patrick.
Now working as a registered nurse, Regina who is still looking very radiant and beautiful had two kids with Ruddy; a boy and a girl. Although, insiders are alleging that the once beautiful union has crashed.
Late Goldie and Andrew Harvey (British)
It was a huge shock to the whole entertainment industry when barely 48 hours after pop singer, Oluwabimpe Susan Harvey, fondly known as Goldie Harvey died in the late hours of Thursday, February 14, 2013, new facts, especially about her marital status emerged.
It was later revealed by Andrew Leonard Harvey, a British senior contract engineer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that they have been married since 2005 but on a mutual agreement to keep their union a top secret.
Her bereaved husband opened up on their best-kept secret by posting their intimate and wedding pictures on Facebook, sharing some on her twitter handle, and engaging with several curious fans.
Throwing more lights on the reasons they had a secret wedding, Mr. Harvey maintained that he did it for the best of her interest. “We wedded in December 2005 and were very much married when she passed on. I was talking to her on arrival in Lagos before the fateful event. Our private lives has nothing to do with our work lives, there has to be a balance,” he stated.
RIP Goldie
It was a huge shock to the whole entertainment industry when barely 48 hours after pop singer, Oluwabimpe Susan Harvey, fondly known as Goldie Harvey died in the late hours of Thursday, February 14, 2013, new facts, especially about her marital status emerged.
It was later revealed by Andrew Leonard Harvey, a British senior contract engineer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that they have been married since 2005 but on a mutual agreement to keep their union a top secret.
Her bereaved husband opened up on their best-kept secret by posting their intimate and wedding pictures on Facebook, sharing some on her twitter handle, and engaging with several curious fans.
Throwing more lights on the reasons they had a secret wedding, Mr. Harvey maintained that he did it for the best of her interest. “We wedded in December 2005 and were very much married when she passed on. I was talking to her on arrival in Lagos before the fateful event. Our private lives has nothing to do with our work lives, there has to be a balance,” he stated.
RIP Goldie
Chioma Akuezue and Walter Von Den Driesch (German)
Model and ex- Koko mansion housemate, Chioma Akuezue secretly got married to the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nigeria, Mr. Walter Von Den Driesch recently.
Their marriage may come as a surprise to many close watchers of the entertainment industry who thought marriage was not on the agenda for the ambitious pretty-looking entertainer who seems to have the world at her feet.
Albeit, Chioma is relatively unknown in some circles but was in the spotlight years back as one of the housemates of the one-off reality TV show, Koko Mansion.
Her slender frame later lured her into modeling; a profession she is also passionate about. She even described her biggest challenge in life as her desire to prove to those fashion organizers who hurt her ego a few years ago by telling her she wasn’t fit for runway modeling and instead concentrate her energy on her ambition to become a successful musician.
Ruth Ibeawuchi and Corrado Moglia (Italian)
Ruth Ibeawuchi, fondly called Ruth Johnson is still very fresh in union. The Abuja based international model is currently savouring her union with a foreign husband, Corrado Moglia.
The tall, slim and beautiful lady who is also the brain behind Absolute Event, an event planning outfit in Abuja met her handsome better half in 2011 and ever since, they have been inseparable. Corrado Moglia is an Italian from Rome but lives more in Milan.
The couple had their traditional wedding on April, 29, 2012, which was well attended by family members and friends. They later sealed their union on Saturday, July 20, 2013 as they exchanged vows and hosted their friends to a superlative reception.
Model and ex- Koko mansion housemate, Chioma Akuezue secretly got married to the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nigeria, Mr. Walter Von Den Driesch recently.
Their marriage may come as a surprise to many close watchers of the entertainment industry who thought marriage was not on the agenda for the ambitious pretty-looking entertainer who seems to have the world at her feet.
Albeit, Chioma is relatively unknown in some circles but was in the spotlight years back as one of the housemates of the one-off reality TV show, Koko Mansion.
Her slender frame later lured her into modeling; a profession she is also passionate about. She even described her biggest challenge in life as her desire to prove to those fashion organizers who hurt her ego a few years ago by telling her she wasn’t fit for runway modeling and instead concentrate her energy on her ambition to become a successful musician.
Ruth Ibeawuchi and Corrado Moglia (Italian)
Ruth Ibeawuchi, fondly called Ruth Johnson is still very fresh in union. The Abuja based international model is currently savouring her union with a foreign husband, Corrado Moglia.
The tall, slim and beautiful lady who is also the brain behind Absolute Event, an event planning outfit in Abuja met her handsome better half in 2011 and ever since, they have been inseparable. Corrado Moglia is an Italian from Rome but lives more in Milan.
The couple had their traditional wedding on April, 29, 2012, which was well attended by family members and friends. They later sealed their union on Saturday, July 20, 2013 as they exchanged vows and hosted their friends to a superlative reception.
Caroline Sam (Maheeda) and Robert (Dutch)
The Naija bad girl has posted more unclad pictures than any known Nigerian celebrity over the years. She claimed that her Dutch husband takes all the unclad pictures for her and he is comfortable with it. Work it girl!!!
The Naija bad girl has posted more unclad pictures than any known Nigerian celebrity over the years. She claimed that her Dutch husband takes all the unclad pictures for her and he is comfortable with it. Work it girl!!!
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