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On 30 May, 2011 In Spotlight<\/a> | | No comments<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n

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Delectable Kogi State-born Nollywood act, Mercy Johnson, is preaching change even as her much-announced wedding finally holds in August, writes ADEOLA BALOGUN<\/p>\n

A shock is in store for those who are used to seeing beautiful actress, Mercy Johnson, in skimpy, body-hugging and scanty apparels. In fact, they might have enjoyed the last taste of her luscious body as the Kogi State-born actress has had a turnaround as far as dressing is concerned.<\/p>\n

When the delectable entertainer appeared for this interview early in the week, MJ \u2013 as she is popularly called \u2013 dressed like a \u2018normal\u2019 lady. As expected, she was aware of the mood of those present and she couldn\u2019t stop giggling.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see me now, I\u2019m all covered up,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve started doing that; if you watch my recent movies, I\u2019ve cut down on a lot of things. The normal Mercy Johnson will go all out as a single girl; I\u2019ll not do that now and I\u2019ve started since last year by cutting down on dressing, acting, all of them; you can dress like this (examining herself) and show nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, if she can dress as a normal woman, covering up properly, why has she been taunting her male admirers all this while by earning notoriety for her wild dressing?<\/p>\n

She says, \u201cIt\u2019s the movies; it\u2019s make-believe. It\u2019s about portraying a character perfectly for people to understand. If I wear bump shorts in the movies (I\u2019m sure nobody has seen me wear bump short outside), it\u2019s all for the movies. The director won\u2019t tell me to wear an aso oke when I\u2019m playing a campus girl; it is just for the job. Everything I do on stage, I\u2019m an extremist and when I do my thing, I know people complain a lot, \u2018Oh, she did this, she did that,\u2019 but I\u2019ve never seen anybody fault my acting.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven in my clothes, I work on myself, I try to perfect it. It is just about perfection, trying to bring it out the way it ought to be, not trying to spite anybody or make my gender embarrassed by my action. It\u2019s just basically to portray a particular character I\u2019m being paid to do. It\u2019s not meant to seduce guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

No doubt, MJ ranks among the most humorous actresses around, but the screen idol that spoke with SATURDAY PUNCH this week appears like somebody in a very special mood. It was smiles all the way and before you ask her why, she unabashedly announces her plans to get married this year.<\/p>\n

Yet, you are still a little doubtful. This is because in Nollywood, one wedding that has been mentioned every now and then is MJ\u2019s, and recently when the media was abuzz again with stories of the actress getting married at last, it sounded like a piece of news that had been there all the time.<\/p>\n

MJ blames everything on those who strive on speculations.<\/p>\n

She says, \u201cI did mention that I was engaged; I did mention that I was getting married and I wanted a dream wedding within my birthday period, but I didn\u2019t specify the year. I didn\u2019t say I was getting married in 2010 because I got engaged in November. So, I couldn\u2019t have said I was going to get married in August last year. I\u2019m getting married in August (this year) by the special grace of God.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019m mentioning dates and you are hearing from the horse\u2019s mouth. It is official and I\u2019m so very excited about it. The wedding is going to be a four-day event. The court wedding is on August 25; the traditional aspect is on August 26, while the church wedding comes up on August 27. On Sunday, August 28, which is my birthday, the thanksgiving takes place. Similar stories in the past where dates were mentioned were mere speculations.\u201d<\/p>\n

MJ informs SATURDAY PUNCH that she would be getting married to royalty from Isanland in Edo State who goes by the name Prince Odianosen Okojie. Like a small girl telling the story of her first date, MJ narrates how she met the prince, whom she says is an oil and gas businessman accidentally.<\/p>\n

She says, \u201cWe met in a saloon where I went to do my hair. We had earlier flown on the flight before sometimes but I didn\u2019t know, but he has all the details. I went to the saloon on a Saturday to do my hair and I was called out by somebody who said he had a message to give to me. I came out with saloon towel wrapped around my hair dripping water and when I came out, for three minutes, he was just looking at me. We got talking, dating and that is how we started.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says the young prince swept her off her feet because of his objective mind at the first point of meeting. \u201cHe tells you basically as it is,\u201d says MJ. \u201cHe is extremely very private, that is what I like too. Odi teaches me how to draw a line when I\u2019m doing something and I can assure you that you are going to see something different. If you check my movies now, the difference is really clear, so I know my boundaries with him and I\u2019m not going to cross them.\u201d<\/p>\n

She dismisses the fear that their union might be threatened because of their contrasting ways of life.<\/p>\n

She says, \u201cOur marriage has to work by God\u2019s grace. I\u2019m going to minimise what I used to do. I know what he doesn\u2019t like, so I\u2019m going to try to curtail my end too to suit him. People may think maybe he is star struck, he is not. He doesn\u2019t care about stuff like that. He doesn\u2019t want to hold you; his friends didn\u2019t even know it\u2019s me until they came into the house. We\u2019re two opposites: he is extremely private, while I\u2019m out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe supports my acting career; he is not an extreme lover of the arts; because of his personality, he doesn\u2019t like the loud aspect of the arts but he supports me. We already have a plan of what to do before and after the wedding. So, I know the rules and I will stick to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

MJ is delighted that her in-laws embraced her and promises not to disappoint them as their wife. She says, \u201cThey are awesome. They are civilised people; they travel a lot and they are used to stuff like that. Although because of their background, they demand that I play it low a little bit so that I don\u2019t embarrass them in any way and I don\u2019t intend to do that. So, I\u2019ll watch all my excesses and curtail them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before MJ met her prince with the shining armour, she tells SATURDAY PUNCH that she had just walked out of a relationship and was all alone for nearly one year, without having any affair.
\u201cBefore I met Odi, I was actually at the point of calling off offshore relationships, not to have an affair with those who stay overseas,\u201d she recalls. \u201cI just left a relationship and I was alone for a year before we met (with Odi). So, I wasn\u2019t seeing anybody before we met, he is aware of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that point, I had made up my mind not to date anybody that is not in the country, anybody who doesn\u2019t have anything solid doing here or live here. I\u2019ve learnt my lesson: you are here, the person is there. Nobody knows what he is doing there, you don\u2019t know who he is living with, you don\u2019t know anything and by the time you tell him you are coming next month, he clears his desk and you come, you see a perfect person, but he is not perfect, so I just said no more of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although MJ has a truckload of scandals dogging her footsteps, she says her fianc\u00e9 is not fazed by the negative press.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry for saying this, 90 per cent of what is written about me is lies,\u201d she purrs. \u201cDuring my last birthday, he was celebrating it for me at his home here and a soft-sell magazine wrote that I was in Abuja with a top alhaji. Mostly when we\u2019re together, he compares me with what he reads or hears about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though she assures her numerous fans of titillating them after her wedding, she says she might take some time off to make babies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want something extremely challenging. I may have to do less of national movies; I\u2019m aiming to do award-winning international movies. Apart from plans to further my education, I may have to take off to have babies,\u201d MJ says.<\/p>\n

MJ says she would like to have four children because of her love for kids. \u201cI can\u2019t wait,\u201d she says. \u201cI stuff clothes in my stomach and ask Odi before the mirror, \u2018How do I look?\u2019 I adore marriage; I\u2019ve always wanted to get married, but you have to wait until you find the right person.\u201d<\/p>\n

The wait should be worth it, or what do you think?
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