Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva has broken her silence on marital struggle with her husband, actor Olu Jacobs.
Joke Silva during an interview with popular media personality and actress, Nancy Isime, stated that the progression of Olu Jacob’s ailment has brought significant changes to her man.
Speaking on how her husband’s battle with dementia has affected their relationship, the actress reminisced about their early years together.
She said: “It hasn’t been easy. There was a point of acceptance for me that everything happening is reality and it is like the person I married, 80 percent of the time is no longer there.
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“When it comes to my husband’s health, I have to be very honest, it has not been easy. In the early years when it first started, we had not realised that it had started. We were like, ‘why is he behaving like this. What is happening to you?” but when the deterioration became rapid, you did not want to see me at that time. I always used to cry my eyes out.
“But the thing is this, when he was there, he was an incredible father to his children and an amazing husband, he was practically my best friend.
“The husband I knew is no longer there for me, but this man that is here is someone I still love.”