{"id":466971,"date":"2011-07-24T09:21:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T09:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/24\/i-couldve-been-butchered-monalisa\/"},"modified":"2011-07-24T09:21:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T09:21:30","slug":"i-couldve-been-butchered-monalisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/24\/i-couldve-been-butchered-monalisa\/","title":{"rendered":"I could&#8217;ve been butchered &#8211; Monalisa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"544.968167311\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=TW9uYWxpc2EtQ2hpbmRhLUU0LVBSLUJlbGxhLU5haWphMDA4LTYwMHgzOTkuanBn';\" class=\"img1 c6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/6452d145image.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monalisa<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt is with great pain that I write this article. Monalisa Chinda is very depressed right now and has been in tears since the tragic news of Titilayo\u2019s inhuman death at the hands of her so-called husband. I am sure that the majority of you reading this know that Monalisa is a<\/p>\n<p><strong>Domestic Violence survivor\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonalisa ran for her life and that has saved her life today and possibly that of her innocent daughter as her crazed ex hubby sometimes used to beat both of them together as she tried to shield herself from his vicious blows!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, the world, especially her teeming fans are aware that their darling screen diva miraculously survived a five-year violent marriage that nearly claimed her precious life and that of her little daughter\u2014Tamarlilly.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it was with shock and a sense of outrage that Nigerians\u2014especially her teeming fans\u2014received the unpleasant news of her crashed marriage in the morning of Sunday, August 30, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Until the barbaric murder of Titilayo, Monalisa had been trying to hide her violent ordeal behind media finesse, saying very little about her ordeal, although generally admitting that she was battered by her husband.<\/p>\n<p>But it seems that Titilayo\u2019s death has jolted her into activism against domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>Close friends say that gory pictures of Titilayo\u2019s mutilated and butchered body are on her blackberry with a message which reads:<br \/>\u201cPictures of Titi Arowolo\u2019s body. This is very upsetting and very graphic. Please do not open if you are unsure of your ability to handle the sight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe judiciary (sic) system has to do something about this\u2026And fast\u2026this beast must not go unpunished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you dare to open it, you will be linked to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/12465\/20\/man-stabs-wife-to-deathcuts-her-into-pieces.html\">MAN STABS WIFE TO DEATH,CUTS HER INTO PIECES.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Monalisa Chinda, the charming, adorable, light-skinned actress from Ikwerre, Rivers State, disclosed that her marriage of over five years to Segun Dejo-Richards had broken down irretrievably due to incompatibility and irreconcilable differences. She also instructed her counsel, Festus Keyamo, to immediately file for divorce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike millions of other marriages, my marriage had its own strains and stress,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cI loved and adored my husband but there were many areas of incompatibility between us. These instances of incompatibility led us to disagree strongly on many occasions. At the end, it appeared we could not manage the situation, which led to the marriage breaking down irretrievably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a proper African woman, I will continue to respect my husband and will not raise my voice against him, since he is the father of my beautiful daughter. I wish him well in all his endeavours and I hope he wishes me well too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Few months after the celebrated divorce, Dejo-Richards recently remarried, finally closing the chapter of her life with Monalisa. On her part, Monalisa is moving on with life, rising up the social ladder, getting busier by the day in her role as Glo Ambassador and of late a movie producer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what happens life goes on,\u201d she told Entertainment Express at her cozy, noveau-riche duplex in Lekki. \u201cI\u2019m happy to be alive and doing the only thing that makes me happy\u2014acting and entertaining my fans on a daily basis. But my greatest joy and happiness is my little daughter, I call her angel Tamar. Waking up beside her every morning gives me extra joy and fulfillment. She\u2019s my all in all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On her failed marriage, she said: \u201cI won\u2019t blame anybody for my failed marriage, because both family and friends warned me, but I was stupidly in love. It was my cross and I carried it till I got tired. Please I do not want to go into too many details. As you can see, I\u2019ve moved on big time as an actress, Glo ambassador and now a fast-rising film producer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSincerely, I have no regrets whatsoever over my crashed marriage. I cherish my current single status; because I\u2019m completely at peace with myself now, unlike before. Besides, I\u2019m not in a haste to settle down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the story of the new Monalisa who is currently making waves with her new movie Kiss and Tell:<\/p>\n<p><strong>I didn\u2019t walk, I ran out of my marriage!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I don\u2019t like talking about my past, but if truth must be told, I didn\u2019t walk out of my marriage, I practically ran out of it. I truly respected my ex, besides he\u2019s the father of my daughter. Again, for posterity sake, I want to be careful with the words I use in this interview. My failed marriage was far from being normal, it was not a normal union. I do not want to go into details.<\/p>\n<p>There were several cases of domestic violence on my person. I will be foolish if I do not admit there were several cases of violence and assault on me. At a point, due to the high level of violence, I started acting as if I was crazy, it was that bad. I carried on like a wounded lion for five years thinking it would get better, but it was escalating and killing me gradually until I said the final no. There were constant fights and l left when it was beginning to look like I was going to die in it. I left home on July 10, 2009; please I do not want to go into details.<\/p>\n<p>Even though my mum, family members and close pals never supported my marriage then, they still felt very bad when it crashed. I am a princess on account of the fact that my dad used to be a traditional ruler of my community in Ikwerre. I am an Ikwerre woman, an Ada in the family. So, when my marriage crashed, my mother, in fact, was very bitter because it has never happened in the clan of Elelewon, in the history of the clan\u2019s royalties; they never had a history of divorce, and unfortunately mine happened. I can\u2019t blame anybody but myself, I can\u2019t blame it on anybody.<\/p>\n<p>I was na\u00efve about love and got carried away. Each time I sit down to look at the whole thing, I usually end up laughing, because, the attraction for my ex then, was weird, funny and very silly. I now know that I was na\u00efve, hoodwinked and completely carried away. He had all the nice things to say in his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Our meeting then was coincidental and it was in 2002. I remember that very day; I was going to church, while he was coming from church, somewhere in Lekki, Osapa London, to be precise. One thing led to the other and I thought I had found true love. But I fell into wrong hands and paid dearly for it.<\/p>\n<p>We eventually got married in 2004. The major lesson the whole experience taught me is that people should look before leaping and we should always seek God\u2019s face before making a major decision like marriage. We should also listen to the advice from elders and strive to get the blessings of our parents and family members at all times.<\/p>\n<p>When my marriage crashed, my family members were not happy. It\u2019s not something they are proud of. But it has happened. So we all move on. No life was lost; we thank God for a very calm break up. Even though they were not really happy about it, but there was nothing they could do. They wanted the safety of their daughter. It\u2019s only natural, the other party too wanted to protect their own as well. So, it\u2019s a matter of families protecting their interests. On the other hand, my family and close friends are very happy that I came out of that marriage alive. I could very easily have died prematurely in that marriage or be maimed or butchered. They are also happy that my whole body is still intact and there is no deformity, because I saw hell. Sincerely, I regret dragging my family into this mess because I was hell bent on getting married.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me and Titilayo\u2019s murder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been following the ugly story of Titilayo\u2019s murder ever since it happened. My point is: Why send him (Akolade Arowolo), for trial when we all know where that will lead? Of course, life imprisonment and once the noise is over and the world is not looking, he will probably be given a lighter sentence via appeal. And do not forget, his family is also watching. The bottom line is that the law should be allowed to deal with this ugly crime against humanity. At least, we have laws in this country and they work. Titilayo\u2019s murder has awakened a still aching nerve in me. Please, let\u2019s leave it that way for now because the case has gone to court. The pitiable and helpless sight of his wife didn\u2019t change him, until she gave up the ghost. Is that a human being? With my experience, my advice is that those who are still lucky to be alive like me should immediately go and get counsel, or some kind of retreat. Domestic violence cannot continue. Why do you want to remain in a relationship that is devoid of love and happiness, but with abundance of everything that is negative? There are other civil ways to deal with your spouse without physically abusing, debasing or killing her. Parties involved should seek counselling now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Life as a single mum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Returning to life as a single mum is no fun. If I tell you it\u2019s all rosy, then I\u2019m lying. There are physical and emotional dimensions to being a single mum, but thank God we are coping very well. I have always wanted to have a child and a good career too. I am being celebrated, so is my daughter too. She is the greatest thing in my life today. In fact, she\u2019s my life and everything. My entire world revolves around<\/p>\n<p>Tamarlilly, my angel and princess. My daughter is not missing anybody except me. I do not think she knows who her father is right now. She\u2019s also not bothered that her dad has not called her since we separated and later divorced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men, men, men<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether you are single or married, men are always a factor in every woman\u2019s life. It is more so when you are single and everyone thinks you are available for the taking.<\/p>\n<p>I will be lying if I tell you I don\u2019t get advances, from the opposite sex. I just tell them what it is. I politely and frankly tell them that I am not ready; I am not ready to give them what they want. Most times, I don\u2019t know what they want from me. I tell them I am not ready to offer or give to them what they want. As a lady, men want you; men want to explore your body. So I am not ready for that. Otherwise, I still cope very well with men.<\/p>\n<p>But the truth is that I\u2019m not available for all those men looking for whom to play or toy with. I don\u2019t want to be any man\u2019s toy or play thing. All I want now is peace of mind whether inside marriage or out of it. For marriage, if it comes, I am a mature woman and would know when a man is serious. I\u2019ve been deceived before, so for me not to fall victim again, I\u2019m more careful now. So, when a man is trying to fake love and make it look like it\u2019s serious I would easily know. I\u2019ve been there before, so I\u2019ve got experience on my side.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly speaking, some times, I don\u2019t really know if I\u2019m psychologically ready for marriage again now. I keep having cold feet because of my first experience. I don\u2019t know, but psychologically, I feel that I am not prepared.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot take away the fact that I will get married someday, but definitely not now. Besides, what is there to miss about marriage? I have been there before, so there is really nothing to miss. All I ask for now is to make it right. If I have to be in another marriage institution, if I have to give it another trial, I just want it to be perfect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My ex-husband<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sincerely, I do not want to talk about my ex because he\u2019s remarried now. On my own part, even if there is a man in my life, I won\u2019t say or make it a public topic.<\/p>\n<p>I was happy for my ex when I heard the news of his re-marriage. I was also relieved. I heaved a huge sigh of relief and said a loud, thank God! I heaved because to me his remarriage means that officially, spiritually, mentally, physically and otherwise, I am free. Totally free indeed! That\u2019s it. My only advice to him is to make it right this time.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, my mind is not focused on any prince charming, but if a prince charming is coming fine, if he\u2019s not coming, better. Either way, I am just okay with my life currently.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly speaking, even if the prince charming comes, I am not going to make all the rules and look for the qualities he must possess. Basically, let him just have the fear of God. That\u2019s number one factor. Everyone should have that fear of God in them. I have seen what marriage could be like where your partner didn\u2019t fear God, but pretended to have it. Now, I want more maturity, I want the man to be in tune with himself, I want the man to also know that truth is constant, so he has to believe in the truth not in lies and deceit; people believe in lies a lot. I want to state this categorically clear: don\u2019t lie to yourself. I want a man that would know that lying to himself is a sin before God. Don\u2019t lie to yourself; be yourself at all times, and be truthful. You don\u2019t need to have all the money, or all the fame, or everything. Just be truthful to yourself and be who you are.<\/p>\n<p>My family wants me to be happy. My mum especially doesn\u2019t even want to hear anything about someone that wants to manipulate her daughter again. She just wants me to be happy. My family just wants me to be happy. Happiness and joy, is all they pray for me and by the grace of God I am going to get there.<\/p>\n<p>As a single mother I\u2019m very happy, relaxed and most comfortable now. I am so fulfilled with abundant joy, it\u2019s indescribable.<\/p>\n<p>I am more relaxed and more in tune with myself. At some point I lost my self-esteem but now I got it back. You can say that Monalisa got her groove back. I am more pragmatic. I planned more basically because of the fact that I have responsibility to my child, which makes me more responsible and more focused; nobody is putting any pressure on me. From any angle, I am in control of myself. And I do not have any regrets for quitting my marriage, besides; I enjoy immensely, my single status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How I got my groove back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I rediscovered myself and realized that I was probably not in the right place at the right time, but now I am in the right place and at the appropriate time and God is really moving with me and I also move with God. Whether you like it or not, there is something that is happening to me now, it\u2019s more in the spiritual realm, the feeling is different. What is happening to me now is the fact that I have rediscovered myself. I am in tune with my femininity, I am in tune with the fact that I\u2019m growing older and appreciating myself and all. All I\u2019m thirsting for now is to give back to the society unlike before when I didn\u2019t even know where I was headed. I was confused, I was anxious I didn\u2019t even know where I was going; I was completely oblivious of my environment. But now I am so in tune with what I want and I hear more from the Man above, the author and finisher of my faith.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all that happened to me, I still believe in love. Yes I do so strongly, even though I\u2019m still searching for true and real love. I\u2019m optimistic that true love will come my way soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Port Harcourt Girl<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because of my beauty and rare complexion at birth, my loving parents christened me Monalisa Chinyere Chinda. I am from the Niger-Delta, Rivers State to be precise; I am an Ikwerre woman by tribe and a proud princess for that matter. I am from a family of six and the first child,<\/p>\n<p>my father is late, he used to be the traditional ruler of our community and my mother is a woman of faith.<\/p>\n<p>So, you can see that I\u2019m a proper Ada and Ikwerre princess. In my family, we have two boys and four girls.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up in Port Harcourt, which was very fun. I was also born in Port Harcourt. I grew up in a healthy environment. We are very close in my family. We had great family values. My father and mother instilled that discipline, which is still in me. Each time I look back I thank God that my mother instilled that discipline in me and the rest of my siblings. Her name is Queen Franca Comfort Chinda.<\/p>\n<p>As a human being, I am not perfect, I have made my mistakes, I am correcting them and that helps me to move forward as well, so growing up for me was fun and memorable , it was a healthy environment where everything was balanced.<\/p>\n<p>For my primary school, I went to Army Children School in GRA Port Harcourt and later to Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls School in Elelewon, Port Harcourt for my secondary education, I was a boarder and afterwards, a day student. I went to the University of Port Harcourt where I read theatre arts. It will also interest you to know that my first movie in Nollywood was Pregnant Virgin, in 1996. Stars like: Ejike Asiegbu, Francis Duru and several others were in it. Both of them were my mentors in school, at the University of Port Harcourt. They were my seniors. And that includes Lancelot Imaseun. We were all popular faces on campus and were also acting as undergraduates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I was honoured at home<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charity they say begins at home. It was a privilege and big honour to realize that my people appreciate my works greatly. The fact that I am making a difference in my hometown where I come from, the tribe of Ikwerre and beyond, is a great honour. It also means that I\u2019m making great impact too. I\u2019ve received several awards, but the most recent one from Ikwerre Mothers brought tears to my eyes because it is something very dear to me. It is a revered association, women\u2019s association, my mother is in this association, and I grew up knowing this group of people. They found it worthy to honour me. What else can I ask for? I really appreciate it, I love my tribe, I love my clan, I love Ikwerre people with all my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Away from the award, I have a big series coming. It\u2019s called Catwalk. Catwalk is a series that I produced alongside Emem Isong, I did it last year November, for TV. We are going to do the premi\u00e8re very soon, maybe, in the month of September or October. It\u2019s a big project and I see it being another stepping stone in my career, we don\u2019t have enough content on our local television and I believe this is going to be a good platform to entertain people who sit at home\u2014wives and children. It\u2019s an exotic, glamorous and fantastic storyline. Catwalk is a series that people would want to always be in tune with wherever they are. It\u2019s a fantastic storyline and I pray it will make the difference among all other soaps and series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>God ordained my Glo Ambassador deal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I still cry and thank God profusely each time I remember how I got my Glo Ambassador deal. In fact, it still marvels me till date. The job was divinely ordained for me, I make bold to say this, based on the circumstances that brought the deal my way. I was outside Nigeria shooting in one of the African countries when the call came in. Initially, I thought it was some fraudsters trying to dupe me. I cut the calls thrice before finally accepting to speak with the person in charge. I immediately flew down to Nigeria when I was finally convinced that it was a real Globacom deal. With that I\u2019ve come to understand that God works in mysterious ways. God bless Glo, because they gave us this ambassadorial appointment at the time when Nollywood was almost crashing. We are still trying to build Nollywood, we are still trying to have a structure, while Nollywood is trying to get its balance, and we have to do our works as ambassadors. And there is no way that my job as an actress will clash with my ambassadorial appointment with Glo, they both complement each other. I signed for the job and I\u2019m so glad executing it. In fact, I\u2019m much fulfilled working for Glo. Let me also confess again that it\u2019s been awesome working for Glo. It has created a platform for me to shine. Whether you like it or not, Glo has made it possible for some of us to shine more, apart from being actresses. Glo has made it possible for us to shine better than how we used to shine before. I thank God for them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My humanitarian projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If God Almighty permits, which I know He will surely do, I want to actually have my own charity home. That is one of those things I know by the grace of God I am going to achieve because that is my calling. Again, I want to start my talk show, The Monalisa Talk show. It\u2019s going to be basically talking about the family, domestic issues, things people do not really want to talk about, challenges they are facing domestically, violence, drug abuse, teenagers going astray, youths not being focused, because this is the end time, these are the issues we need to address. I don\u2019t like shying away from the pending problems youths in Nigeria are facing.<\/p>\n<p>We are starting very soon. I intend to start the talk show before the end of the year, by the grace of God. I have been saying this for more than a year now, I am still trying to tidy it up, I want it to be perfect, I don\u2019t want to do the regular stuffs, and I don\u2019t want to do anything wishy-washy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KISSES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A lot of people have been asking me if the story of my debut effort as a producer, Kiss and Tell, is actually a true story of what transpired in my real life, especially my failed marriage. I always tell them no, with a capital N. Again, I also make them realize that as entertainers and actors, our main job is to mirror the society, especially the bad sides of the society so that it can get better. So, in Kiss and Tell, you will see all these, a combination of facts and fiction. Talking about the movie, which is a romantic comedy and my first feature work, it was shot in April last year and premi\u00e8red on June 19, at the Silverbird Cinemas amid glitz and glamour. For me, it was one of the most glamourous events ever in the history of Nollywood premieres. The story is fantastic. It\u2019s witty, it\u2019s intriguing, it\u2019s fun and I know that movie buffs are already having fun watching it in all the Silverbird Cinemas nationwide, where it is currently showing to the public. Aside from being the executive producer, I also featured alongside Uche Jombo, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Omoni Oboli, Joseph Benjamin and others. Desmond Elliot directed it while Emem Isong and I co-produced.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the question of whether it is an autobiographical drama, I will say that 30 percent of the story is fiction and 70 percent is real life issues, but not directly connected to me. Kiss and Tell is basically the fact that people are in relationships and are not supposed to give out details of how they run the relationships. We want to send out a message that it\u2019s immature to say what you have going with a lady, you don\u2019t have to go about town announcing it; you don\u2019t need a third party to come into your relationship. We are not completely confronting the guys even though it\u2019s a gender thing. We are just telling them that it\u2019s really not necessary to be in a relationship or in marriage and bring a third party in.<\/p>\n<p>Please, don\u2019t go thinking it\u2019s my story; it\u2019s not my story per se; well, part of it. And I got one of the most prolific scriptwriters who also gave it a lot of flesh. I am talking of Emem Isong and her team of writers.<\/p>\n<p>As a first-timer, I was very scared and thought it would be tough and very challenging, but to my shock, it was so sweet and fun on set. I did not have much challenges, I just knew that I was working with friends and colleagues and of course I had experienced hands. I think they were the ones that were handling major parts of the issues. I was in the background; they didn\u2019t want me to do a lot of things. It was fun for me, I am happy I had people who were shouldering the whole problems. And I really want to appreciate them, to say thank you in a very big way.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the recent premi\u00e8re in Lagos, I also want to premiere it in my hometown, which is Port Harcourt, and I really want to do it there, which was where I grew up.<\/p>\n<p>That is the place that made me, I really want to show my work there for them to appreciate me and also bring in my people in the government to also see what their first daughter is doing. I just want to say thank you to all those that made this dream a reality.<br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Do you have a story\/gist for publication? Please email it to story@nigeriafilms.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/12832\/26\/i-couldve-been-butchered-monalisa.html\" title=\"I could've been butchered - Monalisa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I could&#8217;ve been butchered &#8211; Monalisa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Monalisa \u201cIt is with great pain that I write this article. 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