Veteran Nollywood actor, Patrick Doyle, has explained that he has no ill feelings toward his ex-wife and fellow actor, Ireti, after their divorce.
Top Society reports that Patrick and Ireti got married in 2004, but the actress confirmed their divorce in 2023.
The couple has five children together.
In a recent interview with QEDNG publisher, the veteran entertainer said he will not speak ill of his former spouse though their union did not end on a happy note.
He said, “Ireti is a first class mother and provider for her children. She is taking good care of my daughter. How can I wish her ill? As far as mothers go, they don’t come any better. She provides 360 mothering care.
“As a man, it is my duty to say you don’t look happy. Responsibility for the stability of the home is that of the head of the home. So that was a bid to ease whatever the tensions were at the time.”
The movie star noted that he is not afraid to make complimentary statements about his ex-wife, adding that if he cannot say something edifying about someone in public, he would rather not say anything.
He further maintained that his 2018 post on Facebook which was like an apology to Ireti was to calm tension and take responsibility for the situation in their marriage at the time.
“It is my duty as a man to say you don’t look happy. Whatever happens, the responsibility for the stability of the home is that of the head of the home. So that was a bid to fulfil my responsibility to ease whatever the tensions were at the time,” he said.
Doyle and Ireti have featured in a couple of projets since their divorce, one of them is the 2023 thriller The Black Book.
