Lilian Esoro finally opens up on her failed marriage to Ubi Franklin, battle with depression

Nollywood actress, Lilian Esoro has opened up on how she battled depression after her marriage to talent manager, Ubi Franklin failed.

During a recent chat with Toke Makinwa, an on-air personality, Lilian Esoro said, “Here’s what people don’t know, my marriage had been shaky from engagement.

Some people always say, ‘you shouldn’t have gone ahead with the marriage at all’. But, when I think about it, I made the right decision.

“Now, my son is very important to me. With everything that happened, when I want to feel sad, I show that. Social media is trying to push the narrative that marriage isn’t important but actually is.

“I was reading something and a working lady was saying it was until she got married that people started respecting her. The reason people see marriage as a problem is that we’ve lost time having conversations.

“Go out for dinner anywhere and everyone is on their phone when dinner is meant for you to see the environment and reminisce on things. People are scared from the beginning of relationships to let the other know about them.”

Recall, Ubi filed for divorce in an Abuja court, but the judge threw out the case.

On January 28th, 2021, the divorce was finalized, with Lilian taking custody of their son, Jayden.

The couple had a lengthy divorce trial and this took a toll on Lilian’s mental health.

She slid into depression and had to seek help. She got help and decided to speak about her issues during a rare Instagram LIVE session with Pastor Bolaji Idowu, the Lead Pastor of Harvesters International Christian Centre (HICC) on Monday, December 5th, 2022.

This was the first time she was addressing her issues and the discussion turned out to be revealing as she openly talked about her depression and the steps she took to get out.