Actor and broadcaster Patrick Doyle has clarified that his marriage to Olufunmilayo was not kept secret.
Patrick and Olufunmilayo were married at a registry in August 2022, about five years after his split with actress Ireti Doyle. He did not publicly discuss his wife Olufunmilayo until March 2023.
In an interview with QEDNG publisher Olumide Iyanda, the 63-year-old explained, “My business is my business. On the day of the registry, she posted it on one of her handles. I told her to go ahead, but I said ‘I’m not posting.’
“So, it was not a secret. It was Mothering Sunday, and I decided to pay tribute to her alongside the other women who have impacted my life. I was not announcing my marriage to her.”
Patrick confirmed his feelings from his March 2023 Mothering Sunday Facebook post, saying he has never been happier.
“Yes, I’ve never been happier in my life, and I say it with all responsibility. Do I not look like a happy man? Do I look my age? Am I not looking radiant? Have I looked this radiant in living memory? I’ve never been happier in my life.
“For anyone to think it was a slight on another person, that person must be very low on the food chain of humanity. How can you quarrel with a man’s happiness? Did I ever announce to you that I was unhappy? I said ‘I have never been this happy,’ it means ‘I’m at my happiest now.’ It means my past has been happy, now my present is happier, and my future is going to be even happier,” he said.
The Oloture actor stated that he would not speak ill of his former spouse Ireti, despite their relationship not ending well.
Patrick married Ireti in 2004, five years after his first wife died from sickle cell anaemia.
“Ireti is a first-class mother and provider for her children. She’s taking care of my daughter. How can I wish her ill? As far as mothers go, they don’t come any better. She provides 360-degree mothering care,” he said.
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