The Nation Newspaper I quit acting in 2019 because of my wife - Deyemi Okanlawon
According to the father of three, his wife supported him when he started acting but she became uncomfortable after a few years.
The 44-year-old said he stopped acting in 2019 but had to return in 2020 after seeking his wife’s permission. “But I am still scared. She reminded me one night and she said ‘I have watched you shoot from 7 am to 7 am the next day and you were more alive at the end of that 24-hour shoot. This is what you obviously love to do. And I see you wake up and try to go to work dragging yourself. Maybe you should do this’. With that, I was emboldened to make that move.
“In the middle of the fifth year, my wife woke me up in the middle of the night and said ‘young man, this is not the deal. What is happening?’ I was like it is working.“I have noticed for the first, second years… I asked for some time. So in 2019, I quit acting. I picked up my resume and I went back to work. I was hired as the head of marketing for Silverbird film distribution. I go back into marketing. I did not tell anybody I was not acting anymore.
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