Anita Asuoha, better known as Real Warri Pikin, is an actress and comedian. One quality we admire about her is her unfailing honesty. No matter how unpopular her opinions may be, Real Warri Pikin is always very open and honest about them.
Real Warri Pikin talked openly about marital infidelity, domestic abuse, and the counsel she gives to women who are unhappy or struggling with their mental health during a recent conversation with Mercy Johnson on Mercy’s YouTube show, Mercy’s Menu. Without further ado, here is what Real Warri Pikin said.
Anita Asuoha, Real Warri Pikin was asked “What do you have to say about mental health especially for moms, wives, who are feeling depressed? What is your take, what do you have to say?” Real Warri Pikin responded:
“Every woman, as far as you dey stay Nigeria, you don born, you get children, you dey do one or two things, you must don dey depressed, you’re depressed right now, or you go soon depress. Yes na. Na truth. Seek professional help. There are people that even though you don’t solve the problem, but when you talk to person and the person, there’s like a physcological safety around that person, you will just shock say you don dey okay. You do am one, two, three times, you’ll be fine. Do it. And then, take life easy. Life na jete by jete. Who first buy motor na him buy old model. New arrival must turn to sales tomorrow. Take am easy. Many of us we too rush. You wan jump like monkey, you go fall. Take am easy”.
“What is your say on infidelity in marriage?”
Hmm. For person like Ikechukwu ehn [my husband], I no sure say infidelity go be deal breaker for me oh. I go vex for am. I go fit pack out of the house, just threaten am, go stay another place. But I no go fit leave am oh. I no go fit leave Ikechukwu if he cheat on me, true to God. But e go pain me well well because I no deserve am. Na my guy na. We no suppose because everything dey with me na. Anyhow I dey give am. I dey satisfy am mentally, spiritually, everything. Him dey tell me say I’m his all in all. Maybe he come now [fall] accidentally. E go pain me well well oh, but I no go fit leave am. I no fit.
