19 years after her marriage to actor Fred Amata came to an end, media entrepreneur and talk show host Agatha Amata reveals that many people still hope for their reconciliation.
Agatha, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rave TV Lagos and Trend FM100.9 in Asaba, divorced the well-known actor in 2005.
The couple shares two children, Oreva and Stephanie.
Three years after their divorce, her ex-husband had a daughter named Zino with actress and former beauty queen Ibinabo Fiberisima in London.
She became popular through her talk show, ‘Inside Out with Agatha,’ recognized as the longest-running television talk show in Nigeria, having aired for more than twenty years.
In an interview with Chude Jideonwo on the show #WithChude, Agatha discussed her experiences as a single mother, how she coped with her divorce among other topics.
She mentioned that even now, some individuals still hope she will reconcile with her ex-husband.
Agatha noted that people have suggested she should reunite with the veteran actor, even at the expense of her children.
“Some people still say that they pray Fred and I will get back together.
“I meet these people every day.
“I know that everybody wishes you well, but I always say to people, you can’t expect me better than I want myself.
“So if on my wedding day, as I was dancing and rejoicing, I certainly had no plans to leave the marriage.” She said.
Amata, who holds a degree in Botany from the University of Jos, also remarked that no one in their right mind enters marriage expecting to get divorced.
“Let me say clearly, an unhappy home can never breed happy children.
“It’s not possible.
“If anything, it is going to injure those children and their outlook and their approach to marriage.
“The best you can do is for both of you to try to remain friends, as difficult as it may be, which is what I tried to do,” Agatha added.
I had to accept that whenever Fred Amata is mentioned, Agatha Amata will also come up because I have two children with him and I was married to him.
“Amata’s ex-wife, that’s how I’ll always be introduced.
“It doesn’t matter what happens; even if I remarry, they’ll likely introduce me as ‘the former wife of Fred Amata.”
Amata, who spent part of her childhood in Kano, stated that she has learned to accept this identity and work with it.
During the show, the 55-year-old media entrepreneur shared that she paused certain parts of her life to concentrate on raising her children.
She mentioned that she had no friends, as her entire focus shifted to her kids.
She concluded by saying, “I stopped everything and focused on my children.
“If you look around, even in my office, their bed was there.
“Even when I sent them abroad to study, every month I was in their school.
“If they had Parents Day, I was there.
“They had anything they had to do and I was there.”
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