One of the
worst places to look for the truth is social media. That’s because even before
the advent of filters and other photo editing apps, the Internet has always
been a
theatre of absurd lies.
Prior to last
week, anyone looking through actress Mercy Aigbe’s page would have concluded
that she had a perfect marriage with her husband, Lanre Gentry.
But the truth
showed its face last week and pictures of Mercy’s badly beaten face which
circulated on the Internet became the fodder for jokes, indignation and angst.
In the course
of digging for information on what went down in the marriage, Sunday Scoop
spoke with a source who once worked with Mercy at her Boutique, located in
Omole, Lagos. According to the former employee, the actress and her husband
often had quarrels in the boutique.
“Their
marriage has always been a ‘strange’ one. On some days, they could come in
laughing together and act all lovey-dovey and on some other days, they’d enter
the shop arguing and cursing each other at the top of their voices.
“There have
been several times that aunty Mercy and her husband came into the shop arguing
at the top of their voices. There was a particular day that the argument was so
heated that we thought the situation was going to degenerate badly. They
continued shouting even as they went into Mercy’s office. However, they emerged
some time later full of smiles and kissing each other. We, the staff, were
really surprised and the incident strengthened our resolve not to interfere in
their squabbles as they could be unpredictable,” the former staff said.
Recalling
another incident of intense anger between the couple, our source said, “The
last scene I witnessed of them was when her husband came into the shop
shouting. He accused Mercy of not giving him enough attention. He also
complained that she doesn’t always cook for him and their children but prefers
going to parties.”
Meanwhile,
when Sunday Scoop got in touch with Lanre during the week, he maintained that
his estranged wife has some type of mental illness.
“I don’t want
to say anything more about my marriage for now. When it is the right time,
everyone will know the truth. Mercy has mental illness and I have taken her to
several places all in a bid to get a cure. Right now, I have been prevailed on
not to say anything again,” he said.
Lanre also
claimed that the pictures of Mercy’s bruised face were taken on a movie set and
she was only playing a game.
In a swift
reaction, Mercy stated that her team had advised her to remain silent but she
may be ‘forced’ to spill the beans on what actually happened in their seven
years’ marriage. The actress asserted that Lanre was only trying to twist the
narrative to suit himself but that she would speak at the appropriate time.
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