HIGHLY TALENTED SINGER, SOUL E, COURTED SUCH INFAMY THAT
LASTED WHILE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH OLDER LOVER, QUEEN URE, BLOSSOMED. LIKE
STAR-CROSSED LOVERS, THE OLD FLAME WENT OUT TOO SOON AND THE YOUNG MAN IS
TAKING A SECOND SHOT AT MARRIAGE. SOUL E SPEAKS TO LANRE ODUKOYA of THISDAY NEWSPAPERS ABOUT HIS
MUSIC, REGRETS AND MORE
LIFE IN NEW MARRIAGE…
It is a beautiful thing. Marriage comes with responsibility.
So many things change about a man’s life. Human beings respect the marriage
union. When a young person is married, he becomes a man. So, I am excited. I am
married to a wonderful woman who understands me. I call her my best friend
before I call her my wife.
ALL ABOUT MARRYING SECRETLY…
Well, the press has not been friendly with me in that
aspect. My wife is a reserved person and she appealed to me to have a private
wedding. Ironically, we witnessed a crowd of over 1,000 people. Where they came
from, I don’t know. I purposely did not make noise about my wedding because I
wanted to separate my career from my private life.
WHY MY COLLEAGUES DIDN’T MAKE IT TO THE WEDDING…
I wanted it so. I have colleagues but not friends. We only
meet at shows. I don’t have celebrity friends who we visit each other at home
and interact with our families. There weren’t any of my colleagues at the
wedding. We only had family members and well-wishers. Yet it was as if the
whole Asaba people came all out to celebrate with me.
HOW I MET MY NEW WIFE…
We met through facebook in October, 2008. Ever since then,
we have been five and six even till now. We actually got married in court two
years ago. We only did the traditional marriage a few weeks ago. The attraction
was her motherly attributes. She didn’t mind all the bashing I was getting from
the media. After God, it was her next because she was the only person I turned
to for succour. She is understanding, patient and slow to anger. This is a girl
that never knew what a club looked like because of her Christian upbringing. I
would just say that I am blessed to have her as a wife.
ABOUT THE FAILED MARRIAGE TO QUEEN URE…
She was a mistake. I can repeat that for you. There is no reason,
she was just a mistake. Yes, I was in my right senses when I embraced the
affair and I take full responsibility for my actions. But I insist that she was
a mistake. It is like one of those mistakes everyone has made sometime ago in
their lives. Everyone has made make mistakes including you (reporter). Ure was
one huge mistake.
We were together just for one year. To be precise, it lasted
just nine months. What made the difference was that it was over-publicised by
the press. It was so over celebrated that people thought that we had been
together for 20 years. It got to a point, I had to ask her ‘why all the noise?’
HOW I FELT ABOUT THE BUZZ…
Of course, I never liked it. I can’t remember Ure and I
paying anyone to hype or publicise our relationship. Whatever they wrote about
us was basically a paparazzi job; they followed us to the saloon, mall and
outings. It was like the Kanye West and Kim Kadashian romance drama.
ABOUT THE LOVE VILLA CHURCH URE AND I RAN…
It was all Ure’s idea. Let’s be real, if you are dating a
girl, you support her vision. She told me that she always wanted to start a
ministry. This was something she nursed before we met. At that point, I was her
fiance. But because I was in the picture, what people read and heard was that
Soul E has started a church. Well, all this is now in my past.
SNATCHING QUEEN URE FROM PASTOR CHRIS OKOTIE…
Take a look at me and Pastor Okotie. Who between us looks
like the person who can snatch something from the other? (Laughs). I am his boy
and he is like my father. He is everything bigger than me and I am no match.
That allegation is false. I have a lot of respect for Pastor Okotie and will
continue to do so.
WHY URE AND I NEVER HAD A CHILD…
(Laughs) Ure is very fertile and so I am. We are not God
that gives children. We were just together just for nine months.
WHY THE MARRIAGE FAILED…
This is a personal vow that I made to myself. I do not
intend to break that promise now or in the foreseeable future. It is a secret
that will go with me to the grave. Even if she speaks, I’d make no rebuttal.
She is free to but I would have no response whatsoever to her.
We don’t talk. When you are trying to be pleasant with
someone and you get funny attitude in return, what do you expect. The Bible
said that be wise as serpent and harmless as dove. I don’t go where I am
tolerated but celebrated. I would rather keep to myself and leave my dignity
intact than to make myself and object of ridicule. I enjoy respect and
adoration from my wife and that is enough for me.
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