Ireti Doyle Responds to Claim That She, Like Many Actresses, Can’t Keep a Home

Nigerian actress Ireti Doyle surprised people when earlier this year, she revealed that she and her husband, Patrick Doyle are actually now divorced. It caught Nigerians by surprise because up until then, they were a couple people loved and saw as a power couple - a contradiction to the popular notion that Nollywood couples never last.

Now, during a new interview with The Cable Lifestyle, Ireti Doyle is talking about that misconception of Nollywood couples always getting divorced, as well as slamming other misconceptions people have about actresses. Here is what Ireti Doyle had to say.

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During her interview, Ireti Doyle was asked "What are some misconceptions people have about the acting profession?" to which she responded saying:

IRETI DOYLE: I think one misconception is that actors and actresses are morally loose people. That is a big misconception and it is wrong. It is like saying all nurses cheat on their partners, it is wrong. It is a generalization that has no basis in true facts. The second one which is kind of ironic, considering the fact that I am no longer married, is that performers cannot keep a home. That is also not true. Examples abound of performers who have been happily married for decades. Life happens. The same way it will happen to a banker or to a nurse or a doctor or a lawyer is the same way it would happen to a performer or someone in showbiz.

The difference is that we do not have the luxury of anonymity. Our lives are lived on the public stage so everything that we do becomes for public consumption. I think those are the two big misconceptions. There is a third one that irritates me and that is that actors are stupid. You can’t have an opinion on politics or governance or something. Then they tell you this is not acting. How condescending is that?

Actors are one of the most intelligent people you can ever find on the face of the earth. Why? They are widely read and knowledgeable people and that is why they can portray different characters convincingly. They have more than a working knowledge of most subjects.

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