Veteran Nollywood actress Rita Edochie has taken a jab at her junior colleague
Yvonne Jegede for defending her nephew Yul Edochie in a podcast interview.

In an appearance on the Honest Bunch podcast, Yvonne Jegede defended Yul Edochie for taking in a second wife and attacked the individuals who chastised the actor and praised Ned Nwoko, who is married to Regina Daniels despite having many wives.

Many social media users took exception to her statement and viciously attacked her, accusing her of being callous and disregarding May Edochie's suffering.

In response to the criticism, Yvonne Jegede expressed her regret to both May and her followers, saying that her words were not clear enough to express her desire for May's trust and that she understood the suffering that May had gone through during their marriage.

Rita Edochie made a long observation on those who offend others on social media and then beg for forgiveness, a request that isn't sincere in a lengthy post on her Instagram page.

The veteran cautioned the people to carefully think things through before speaking to prevent inadvertently hurting other's feelings.

Responding to Yvonne Jegede, she conveyed her dismay by disclosing that her remark had shaken her to her core.

She chastised her for drawing a comparison between Yul and Ned Nwoko, pointing out that Ned is a Muslim and is allowed to have numerous wives.

Rita Edochie also pointed out that Yul is allowed to wed as many spouses as he pleases, but the method he chose to do so was worse because he humiliated May Edochie.

She wrote: “SEE AS I DEY LOOK UNA.

"UNA DON MEK AM PIONT OF DUTY TO INSULT PEOPLE ONLINE; COM DEY ASK FOR FORGIVENESS WEH NO COME FROM UNA HEART.

"PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS DIG DEEP BEFORE THEY TALK TO AVOID HARMING SOMEONE’S EMOTIONS UNKNOWINGLY.

"YOU SEE, EHN, I WOULDN’T HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE SINCE AN APOLOGY HAS BEEN TENDERED, BUT THEN THE APOLOGY HASN’T GONE AS VIRAL AS THE PODCAST, WHICH HAS CAUSED A WHOLE LOT OF BACKLASH AND THAT’S WHY I AM TALKING ON THIS.

"I MUST SAY THIS: YVONNE JEGEDE, MY DAUGHTER, I WAS HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED AT WHAT YOU SAID RECENTLY DURING THAT PODCAST.
LET US AGREE YOUR WORDS WERE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT TO BE FRANK, I WAS HURT.

"WHAT KEPT RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND WAS WHY YOU KEPT COMPARING YUL TO NED.
LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUESTION, SO IF MAY EDOCHIE WAS YOUR SISTER, WOULDN’T YOU HAVE PROTECTED HER INTEREST? NO ONE IS SAYING POLYGAMY IS A SIN OR AN ABORMINATION, BUT YOU CAN AGREE WITH ME IT COMES WITH SURROUNDING CHAOS THAT THREATENS ONE’S LIFE AND PEACE OF MIND, BUT IT’S FUNNY HOW PEOPLE HAVE REFUSED TO SHUN IT.

"NOW, TO THOSE WHO ARE STILL SUPPORTING WHAT HAPPENED TO MAY YUL EDOCHIE, MAY EVERY FEMALE IN YOUR GENERATION, BOTH BORN AND UNBORN, HAVE A TASTE OF HER PAIN.

"TALKING ABOUT YUL, MY SON, HE IS A MAN, AND THE FACT HE IS FREE TO MARRY AS MANY WOMEN AS HE WISHES TO REMAIN UNDISPUTED IN AS MUCH AS I KNOW THERE WERE NO REASONS FOR HIM TO DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

"BUT WHAT EVERYONE WHO IS CONCERNED AND FROWNS AT IS GETTING MARRIED ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WIFE, THEREBY HUMILIATING MAY DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY, WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST.

"ON THE SIDE OF NED HE IS A KNOWN POLYGAMIST AND A MUSLIM. HIS RELIGION PERMITS HIM TO MARRY MANY WIVES, AND HE MANNAGES THEM WITH WISDOM.

"SO, MY DEAR, THAT STATEMENT YOU MADE DURING THE PODCAST SHOCKED MY MARROWS, BUT GOD KNOWS AND SEES THE MAIN CONTENT OF EVERY HEART.

"ALL OF UNA WEY NO WANT TALK TRUE SEE AS I JUST DEY LOOK YOU”.

In a recent development, May Edochie's lawyer made a striking revelation that Yul no longer pays his children's school fees.

According to May's legal representative, the filmmaker told his daughter Danielle to take money from her mother, May when she asked him for money. This according to Yul, was because May earned more money than he did.

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