Embattled Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry who has since removed ‘Gentry’ (her husband’s name) from her social media accounts have r...
Embattled Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry who has since removed ‘Gentry’ (her husband’s name) from her social media accounts have revealed in an exclusive interview with Broadway TV the details of the scandal that have trailed her and her husband for the past few weeks.
Here are the 10 things we learnt:
1. Her husband beats her consistently
2. Despite all, she still loves him cos he keeps begging after every beating
“I stayed because I loved him and because every time he beats me, he begs and gets family and friends to beg me. He promised regularly to change but he never did.
3. Mr Gentry has anger issues
"When my husband gets angry, he gets physical, not only to me but to anyone. He has done that with my house help who reported him to the Police years ago"
4. Mercy tried to save her home by holding on
“I stayed because of my children and because a lot of people look up to me. I was a role model of some sort and I really wanted to keep it together. I just wanted a home”.
5. She is yet to fully recover from the last beating
“I’m still coughing and sneezing blood even after three weeks”
6. Her husband is sleeping with her personal Assistants
Aigbe revealed that the last incident started few days before when she discovered that her husband was sleeping with a lady. A lady she claimed to be her friend whom she was close to. This was a regular attitude from her husband; a man she claims has slept with a lot of people close to her, even her PAs.
7. What led to the last beating
Mercy revealed that it was her refusal to go and pick her husband up while she was still at her designer’s place that brought the fury of the man on her. He was said to have driven there and started to beat her in the presence of everybody.
“Immediately, I opened the door, he kept beating me. I was begging him and asking why he was beating me. He said he would destroy my face such that no make-up would fix it and destroy my career. He was acting like someone who was possessed. I told him “Lanre, mo ma bi mo fun e” (translated as “I have a child for you).
I agree that I am a fool
In the exclusive interview, the Nollywood star said she agrees that she was a fool for staying that long even with all the beating and humiliation. “I believed that a wise woman builds her home. That’s why I stayed that long”, she said.
8. She has never cheated on her husband
“If he had shown a bit of remorse, maybe things would have been different. He went on saying that I cheated on him several times. I never cheated. That’s why I told him to come out with proof”, she said.
9. Mr Gentry has once been detained for seven months
“My husband was in detention for over seven months and I never left him or go anywhere. Why would I want to go now? He says all this is make-up.
10. Mr Gentry is still not remorseful
" He is not showing any form of remorse and still sponsoring lies against me." //
