By Olamide Jasanya
Ghanaian actress Juliet Ibrahim has described her marriage to ex-hubby, Kwadwo Sarfo as her biggest personal mistake.
She said this during an interview with US based lawyer and entrepreneur, Uduak Oduok, in which she opened up on her turbulent childhood as well as the many challenges she faced while growing up.
Asked about her marriage, the 28-year-old said it was a failure because she had set out to make it work from the start. She said: ‘I call it a failure because I’m someone who likes to go into things and tell myself I have to make it work. I got married at age 24, he was 24 too then we were happy in love but we really didn’t get a chance to really know ourselves. He was a sweet person and all, I got pregnant along the line and we continued Not long after family members kept coming in saying “oh no, she’s an actress. He’s a very soft person so he usually tells me what he hears about me. Along the line, we just grew apart. ‘
She further denied reports that the marriage had crashed because of her busy schedule, saying: ‘He travels and works more than I do. He’s a professional pilot although he has stopped now to handle his father’s business. This is something a lot of people don’t know, they think [it was] because I’m an actress. I do have time but he was more of the traveller, going out of Accra every weekend. We grew apart and became more like good friends. I never wanted a divorce but then we realised it wouldn’t work out there were so many lies and disappointments. He hurt me in the process because I felt he was going to stand by me all through,’ she said.
