Prioritise motherhood over marriage for career success – Laide Bakare

• Laide Bakare has opened on how she believes women can achieve their long term career success.
• The movie actress while using herself as an example said having children early is very key even if marriage is not yet in the picture.
• Laide Bakare claimed if a woman has her kids at an early age, it’ll give her sufficient time to have a successful career later in life.

Nollywood actress, Laide Bakare has advised career-oriented women to prioritise having children over marriage.

The actress stated this while sharing her opinion on how to achieve a long term career success.

Speaking in an interview with Nollywood On Radio, Bakare argued that marriage is not necessary to start a family, citing her personal experience. In Laide Bakare’s words:

“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.

“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.”

WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that 43 year old Laide Bakare was previously married to Olumide Kunfulire, with whom she has a daughter named Simi in 2008.

In 2013 Bakare tied the knot for the second time with a Lagos socialite, Tunde Oriowo, and they have two sons together.

In 2024, Laide Bakare claimed she got married for a third time but later admitted to the reports being a publicity stunt.

The mother of three revealed that she never got married a third time as she said that to promote her book and movies.