“My marriage of 20 years has slipped off my hands” – AY Makun confirms split from his wife, Mabel
Nigerian comedian and actor, AY Makun has finally confirmed the alleged marital crisis and split rumors from his wife, Mabel Makun.
Recall that earlier in the year, Mabel unfollowed AY on Instagram after hinting at a tumultuous marital disagreement.
There were also accusations by a popular blogger, Gistlover, that Mabel had left her matrimonial home, citing a case of infidelity on the part of the comedian.
Speaking for the first time on these allegations, AY in an Instagram post asserted that ruining his friendship and marriage of 20 years is one thing but it’s another thing for the parties involved to understand themselves in a space where women play victims and win.
AY noted that how lies about him spread faster than the truth but his painful truth will surely overcome. He said he had reached a stage where he could no longer entertain the public with “deep personal family issues.”
In a lengthy post, he wrote;
“Many people believe that staying silent simply means that one is incapable of dealing with issues. Projecting a negative narrative against someone who is not struggling to defend himself doesn’t mean he is weak. Some of us are just logical enough to understand the difference between opinions, values, beliefs, and facts.
“The personality and ability that I possess simply confirm that i have reached that stage in my life where I can not be entertaining the public with deep personal family issues. They just might be too much to handle concerning the individuals involved. Not even when I have a grown-up daughter who has access to social media. Her mental health needs to be protected from seeing things she can not be proud of online.
“Yes! Without compromising my family, i have found myself doing some things that i am not proud of today. It is one thing to watch my friendship/ marriage of 20 years slip off my hands, but it’s another thing for the parties involved to understand how to appropriate the blames in a space that is designed for most women to always play the victims and win. I can tell you for free that no one is completely INNOCENT enough to cast stones.
“Presently, i am loving the way that lies about me in all these blogs are traveling faster than the truth. But my painful truth will eventually beat away all the lies.”
Netizens React:
nma.tessy29: “It is very hurting seeing your father and mother grown in love up to 20years and wit a twinkle of an eye,they broke up just cus of little misunderstanding that can be handled with maturity. How do you want your daughter to feel now, coming out from a broken home? Ah is so painful and is going to be a hard puzzle for her but is well. God knows the best.”
auslakers4real: “I don’t even know why you have to explain…..silent is always the best. Social media should be for entertainment, not a place for discussing family issues. We should grow up.”
@endowed_queenb: “Marriage is deep.”
@blessingchiegonu: “Yul will be so happy now.”
@augustinaariemi: “@blessingchiegonu at least AY didn’t cheat. May God restore the peace in their home.”
@fandt_place: “@blessingchiegonu A.Y didn’t pregnant his side chic nor came to social media to dance and act like a clown. He has normal marital issues that happen in marriages. My prayer is that God’s mercy be shown to his family and the divine restoration of his beautiful marriage. Yul’s case is entirely a different case. He should rather hide his face.”
Also, in a post on her Instagram page on Sunday, Mabel said she had stopped reacting to disrespect.
She wrote, “Distance is my new response to disrespect. I don’t react, I don’t argue. I don’t dive into the drama. I just remove myself.”
Ayo and Mabel got married in November 2008, and they are blessed with two children.
By Ezinne Okorie.
