Funke Akindele addresses marital woes, says previous marriages not a failure

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In 2022, the second marriage of Nigerian actress, Funke Akindele to entertainment polymath, JJC Skillz who is better known as Abdulrasheed Bello hit rock bottom.

At the time of the finalization of the divorce, the leading Nigerian cinematographer never mentioned anything about her failed marriage.

For the first time since the highly publicized divorce, Funke Akindele has spoken about how both failed marriages.

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Speaking to Wazobia Max TV, the filmmaker stated that she takes her life one step at a time, and that she doesn’t see a marriage that ended as a personal failure of hers.

“For me, if you don’t fail, you can’t be successful. You have to keep trying. But you have to pick yourself up and rise again. For me, I see obstacles as part of life. And I do not even see the failure. If you ask me, ‘Can you tell me one failure?’ I do not see it as a failure. Maybe my personal life, yes…you know…marriage stuff. I just take it as it comes,” she said.

Akindele also noted that her outlook comes from her late mother’s teachings.