{"id":275336,"date":"2011-02-02T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=50574"},"modified":"2011-02-02T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T14:00:47","slug":"im-not-a-home-breaker-mercy-aigbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/02\/im-not-a-home-breaker-mercy-aigbe\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m not a home breaker \u2013 Mercy Aigbe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mummy Mercy showing off her son at christening... <\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nBy Aramide Pius
\nActress Mercy Aigbe in this interview, bares her\u00a0 mind,\u00a0 especially on the issue of her alleged snatching of someone else\u2019s husband.
\nHear her own story\u2026
\nI feel really loved because that means they appreciate what I do. For people to want to talk to you when they see you, for them to wave at you and all that is a blessed feeling.
\nIn the same vein, do area boys accost you for money?
\nOf course they do. I think that is their own way of showing that they are your fans. And anytime they see you, they are like \u2018Ah! E fun wa lowo\u2019 which means you should give them money.
\nAnd when they request, what do you do?
\nAt times, I give them and at times I don\u2019t. It depends on my mood actually. And it depends on the way they talk to me.
\nWhat is the highest amount you\u2019ve ever given them?
\nI can\u2019t say an amount in particular. I just give them as my mood dictates.
\nIt\u2019s very difficult to become a truly successful actress. What did you do to make it?
\nI won\u2019t say it\u2019s my own making. I will say it\u2019s the grace of God Almighty because the Bible says that your talent shall make a way for you. And I believe that acting is the talent God gave me, so I stood upon that Word and put God first in everything I do. Also, there\u2019s hard work, professionalism and discipline.
\nI can say they are the things I did to get to where I\u2019m going to. But as for what actually brought me to this point, I can say categorically that it is the grace of God Almighty.
\nApart from the grace of God which is on everyone, we\u2019ve heard tales of actresses who paid producers to feature them in movies and others slept with producers. What extras did you put in to support the grace?
\nSincerely, I didn\u2019t have to do any of those things. That\u2019s why I said once you\u2019re favoured, you\u2019re favoured. When you\u2019re favoured, doors open. Things you don\u2019t expect start to work together for your good because the Lord has distinguished you from everybody else.
\nSo I didn\u2019t have to do those things. Some people might do all those things and still not get where they are going to. I just believe it\u2019s the grace of God and your\u00a0 hard work. At times you are favoured, but you don\u2019t work hard enough towards your goal and objectives.
\nYou have to put in your best to be among the best in what you\u2019re doing, so hard work is very important. Also, discipline. If people see that you\u2019re a professional to the core, you don\u2019t come late to locations, you don\u2019t have unnecessary airs, you take your job seriously then they\u2019ll always want to work with you. In my view, I think these are the things that one really needs to get on top there.
\nHave you helped anybody into the industry?
\nYeah, I\u2019ve helped a couple of people.
\nWho are they? Are they doing well?
\nI\u2019ve helped Abimbola Ogunnowo, Olanrewaju Feyisetan and some others; and to God be the glory, they are doing well. But I know things will get better for them.
\nHave you produced your own movie yet?
\nYes I have. I\u2019ve produced two. The first one is Abimbola. The second is Afe Aye.
\nHow long ago was that?
\nI produced Abimbola about two years ago. Afe Aye came out just a few months ago.
\nWhat was the cost of producing Afe Aye?
\nIt was a big budget movie. We had lots of crowd scenes and we had to build shrines, sets and all that so it cost me close to N5m to produce.
\nWere you able to recoup that investment?
\nYes I did.
\nThen why do other producers complain that they seldom recoup a quarter of what they invest into movies?
\nWe don\u2019t make a lot. It\u2019s not that you won\u2019t get anything, but we really don\u2019t get a lot. What you make is just like peanuts compared to the hard work you put in to have a good production.
\nDid your movies show at the cinemas or did you recoup your money back through CD sales?
\nI\u2019ve not taken any of my movies to the cinemas yet, but I plan to do so with my third movie that I\u2019m shooting very soon. As for the two I\u2019ve produced, I\u00a0 made my money back by selling outrightly to marketers.
\nWhen you were pregnant, you had to quit acting for some time, right?
\nYes.
\nHow did that decision affect you and your career?
\nIt didn\u2019t really affect me much because I worked till I was like six months gone. Then I just stayed at home for a few months. So most of the jobs I did came out while I was at home, keeping my face on the scene. Most of my fans don\u2019t even know I have a baby. Those that know got to know by reading about it through the print media.
\nAnd they were like \u2018Oh, really?\u2019 because I wasn\u2019t exactly missing on the scene. When I was at home, I enjoyed myself because I had a human being growing in me. I was bringing forth life, you know, and nothing can be compared to that feeling.
\nWhat are your achievements as an actress?
\nWhat I want to achieve, I\u2019ve not achieved. I\u2019m not where I\u2019m going yet.
\nOK, tell us what you want to achieve.
\nLet me keep it under wraps for now. Where I\u2019m really going to is close to my heart and it\u2019s my God I always tell it to, so don\u2019t let me tell you my dreams, aspirations and where I hope to get to in this industry. The only thing I can tell you for certain is that I\u2019ve not gotten where I\u2019m going. At the same time, I give God the glory for how far He has taken me. Mercy Aigbe has come to stay.
\nWe know you\u2019re Mercy Aigbe from Benin, but we don\u2019t know your traditional name. What is it and what does it mean?
\nMy traditional name is \u2018Itohan\u2019 and it means Mercy. Both my names are Mercy, Mercy.
\nThis is a bit awkward, don\u2019t you think? Are you saying you were named Mercy at birth and not that you adopted it as a career name?
\nMaybe you should ask my father that because that\u2019s what\u2019s written on my birth certificate Aigbe Itohan Mercy. Maybe my father had a reason for translating Itohan. Maybe he felt that people who can\u2019t pronounce it will be able to pronounce Mercy.
\nI have a great family. My father has a poultry and it\u2019s doing well. It\u2019s in Badagry where he has a huge farm. He always said when he retired, he\u2019ll be a farmer. He has a piggery and fish ponds. My mother is a businesswoman. My sisters are all doing well.
\nDo you think your background has played a huge factor in your success. Considering that you could afford not to be desperate while other girls who can barely survive would do nearly anything to get roles.
\nI can\u2019t really say if it (my background) was a factor in my success. The only thing I can say helped me was the training my father gave me. I can\u2019t say it\u2019s his money or anything like that. It\u2019s the morals instilled in me so anytime I\u2019m faced with any kind of challenge, I\u2019m like \u2018Mercy, what would you do that your father won\u2019t like?\u2019 or \u2018Mercy, what would your father say to you in this situation?\u2019 because my father is a very strict man.
\nHe\u2019s a disciplinarian to the core. You know all those kind of Benin men that believe they just have to train their kids well. So it\u2019s his training that helped me not to be desperate. I also knew deep down that I would make it and that nobody could stop me. The thing is that I\u2019m very spiritual. I believe in God, that whatever happens to you is God.
\nWhat\u2019s your most expensive fashion accessory?
\nIt\u2019s a piece of jewellery \u2013 a wristwatch given to me by my husband for Valentine\u2019s Day in 2009.
\nIs it gold, diamond or what?
\nIt\u2019s gold and has studs.
\nWhat\u2019s its value in Dollars, Naira, Pounds or Euros?
\nI won\u2019t tell you that. Please, don\u2019t let me tell you.
\nAre you legally married to your husband?
\nFor now, we\u2019ve not done the legal wedding \u2013 if you mean to sign papers and all that. But we\u2019ve done the traditionals. We did it in Benin.
\nBut we hear rumours that your husband is already married.
\nIt\u2019s not a rumour. He\u2019s already married.
\nWe also hear that his wife came to beat you up.
\nThat\u2019s a big lie. It\u2019s just a figment of some people\u2019s imagination who believe that if you\u2019re going to marry a man who\u2019s already married, the first wife must give you problems, so they just make up stories. My iyale (senior wife) is a very nice woman. She was even at my son\u2019s naming ceremony. She\u2019s like a big sister to me.
\nHer kids are fantastic with me. They are my kids. We love each other very much. I just have a very happy family because my husband is a man who decided to take a second wife because he knows he\u2019s capable of handling two women. And anytime I\u2019m abroad, I stay with her in Dublin. Her kids are there so she shuttles.
\nShe has never had any cause to give me problems.
\nThere\u2019s also a rumour that the child you had last year isn\u2019t your first.
\nIt\u2019s not a rumour. My son is definitely my second child. I have a daughter. She is nine now. Her name is Michelle.
\nWhat do you think of yourself? Why do people perceive you as irresponsible and a home breaker?
\nThe thing is that with the kind of job I do, people say loads of things about you. And there\u2019s this thing my father always tells me that \u2018you cannot satisfy everybody\u2019. So, I have that thing in me that whatever I do with a clear conscience is right with my God.
\nI really don\u2019t need to please anybody. I just believe that once my ways are right with God, I\u2019m okay. Some people are like \u2018Oh! She\u2019s had a daughter before and all that\u2019 but the thing is that those people saying those things, do they know what fate has in store for them? Do they know what tomorrow will bring for them?
\nBecause most of the time, things happen to you that are not by your own making, you understand? I, Mercy, know it wasn\u2019t my own making, but they don\u2019t understand and I don\u2019t have to make them understand.
\nI believe that my God understands and that is why he brought me to where I am today which is better than where I was before. So he has actually turned my disappointment into a blessing.
\nFor people who say I\u2019m irresponsible, if I was, I wouldn\u2019t want to settle down; I wouldn\u2019t want to get married. Lots of my colleagues don\u2019t think of things like that. I just believe that I met this man and he\u2019s the sort of person I want to spend the rest of my life. He makes me happy and he\u2019s wonderful. Unfortunately he\u2019s married.
\nIf his wife was giving me problems, maybe I wouldn\u2019t be happy. But she accepted me from the start like her own sister; I\u2019m great with her kids, so I just felt maybe this is where I\u2019m actually supposed to be. So I decided to get into it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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