Ini Edo: Why I’m still single at 41

Ini Edo: Why I’m still single at 41

Ini Edo, the Nigerian actress, has explained why she is still single.

The 41-year-old actress, in an interview with Toke Makinwa, the media personality, said her single status is a result of her desire for genuine love and commitment in a relationship.

She said she does not want to be in a toxic relationship but needs a partner who will protect her.

She added that money is not her sole focus but she wants a partner who can effectively manage situations and be kind.

“I am single because I just want someone that will really love me, that is all! I am not asking for too much,” she said.

“You can love someone but you are not ready to be a committed person. I cannot be in a toxic relationship. If you cannot give me that protective energy that allows me to respect you, I cannot be with a man that I do not respect. If you cannot earn my respect, then we cannot be together because what is the point?

“Even if you do not have, sometimes it is not even about having money, it is about just how you are able to love and manage the situation, manage the people around you, kindness! I think that is what is missing.”

Ini Edo’s acting career started in 2000 with her debut in the Nollywood film ‘Thick Madam’.

Her breakthrough would later come in 2004 when she acted in another movie titled ‘World Apart’.

Ini Edo married a US-based businessman named Philip Ehiagwina back in 2008 but they divorced in 2014.

In 2021, the actress revealed that she opted to have a child through surrogacy to fulfil her motherhood dream after suffering repeated miscarriages.