By Seyi Babalola
Veteran Nollywood actress Joke Silva, 62, has explained why she married her husband, actor Olu Jacobs, 82, despite their nearly 20-year age gap.
Silva acted out of love for her husband, whom she called a “gorgeous person.”
She was featured on Stephen Akintayo’s Leadership podcast recently.
The movie star shared that her dad was initially against them getting married because of the huge age gap.
The host asked: “You got married in 1985 at 24, so your husband was 20 years older than you, why did you accept?”
Silva replied: “I was in love with him. As simple as that. And he was such a very gorgeous person.
“I remember one of my sisters telling in 1984 when I came to Nigeria with him [Olu Jacobs] and they met, she called me aside and said, ‘Joke, this is the man to take to daddy.’
“Initially, my dad had issues with the fact that he [Olu Jacobs] was older, but my mum was like, well, this is the person they know me with, and then her parents had that kind of age gap as well. So, she agreed for us to get married.”
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