Nollywood actress Laide Bakare has urged career-driven women to prioritize having children over getting married, sharing her views on balancing family and career for long-term success.
In an interview with Nollywood On Radio, Bakare emphasized that starting a family is more important than the traditional path of marriage, drawing from her own experience.
“If you are aspiring to be a successful superstar as a young girl, I would advise you to get married and have kids early so that you can have the rest of your years to push your career because the family area is very important,” she said.
Clarifying her stance, Bakare added, “I know getting married early may lead to divorce, but I mean starting a family early. Maybe I should retract that because I do not mean marriage. I never thought of marriage when I had my first child, I just wanted a baby. So the advice is not to get married early but start having a family.”
The 43-year-old actress was previously married to Olumide Kunfulire, with whom she had a daughter in 2008, and later married Tunde Oriowo in 2013, with whom she has two sons.
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