”It will be madness if at this age, I still think of taking a 4th wife” – Veteran Actor Jide Kosoko

Popular Yoruba actor, Jide Kosoko, who lost his third wife, Henrietta Kosoko in June last year after a brief battle with diabetes has been under the radar since her demise.

In a recent interview with The Point, the 62-year-old father speaks on why he married Henrietta, the controversies surrounding her death, getting another wife, among other topics.

Read excerpts from the interview…

”I appreciate everything the Almighty God did for me in my profession in 2016, as I recorded quite a lot of progress. There were lots of stage performances and movie productions. But I lost a wife in June, which was a very big blow. Before her demise, we were planning my 52 years on stage anniversary. We were to celebrate it in December 2016, but she died in June, so we withheld all arrangements.

”Forget all those things you heard. She was ill. She died of complications that arose from diabetes. Honestly, my family, friends and colleagues stood by me and I appreciate that. Of course, you will always have one or two persons, who would say one or two negative things.

But you see, in my life, I have fought so many battles and I have won all. It is only people who want to be crushed that would confront me in war, because the Almighty God has His plans for me. It is just quite unfortunate that these things are happening to me, but I would still thank the Almighty God for everything. There are reasons for everything and I want to believe that it is natural.”

When asked if he would like to take a 4th wife anytime soon, he answered:

”If at this age, I still think of taking a wife, when I have over a dozen children, it is madness. On January 12, I will be 63. I am taking care of some of the children, while others are now adults. She left and left me with two teenagers.

Frankly speaking, I regret being a polygamist. I must confess. I did not really plan it, but it was beyond my powers. I never planned to marry too many wives because that is not my life.
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When I married my first wife, she was not part of the job I do. But in those days, we used to say one needed a very strong and trustworthy assistant, which made me to marry the second wife.

So, I kept both of them till I lost the two in-between 11 months. They died under the same circumstance, child birth. I decided not to marry again, but a doctor friend of mine told me that I was still young and needed to get a wife.

I looked at it critically myself and I realised that a lot of my friends were now coming to my apartment with their girlfriends. I saw myself as becoming irresponsible. Even the married ones would bring girlfriends to my house to have nice times. And I knew if there was a wife, they would not try it, so I tried to marry again.”