'Church pressured me into marrying my ex-husband' - Stella Damasus reveals

Veteran Nollywood actress Stella Damasus has spoken out about her "biggest mistake" in life.

The actress described how she was once coerced by a church where she sung in the choir into marrying the choir director, who was also her best friend.

Stella, who emphasized that they were great friends but not a couple, claimed they were not supposed to get married.

She disclosed this in a recent interview with noted media figure Teju Babyface.

She said: “Before him [my ex-husband] there was somebody else that I married. It didn’t work out. Nobody heard my voice. I didn’t talk about it. That passed quietly.

“It lasted eight months. Biggest mistake of my life because the guy was an amazing guy. But he was my friend, my best friend. And religion is what caused that problem that made us marry when we were not supposed to be married. We were supposed to be very good friends because as my friend, he was awesome. But as a married couple, we didn’t work. We just messed it up. And we knew it.

“So when we went our separate ways, we were like out of love and respect for each other, let’s just leave it. We don’t talk about it, we just leave it so that at least we can still say, hello, are you okay? How are you?”