I wore fake wedding ring for years to keep ladies off –Yomi Fash-Lanso

Yomi Fash-Lanso

In a recent interview with Punch, Yomi Fash-Lanso, a popular Nigerian actor shares his little secret and more

You have stayed so long as an actor, how do you feel each time you see your face on TV?

It has been hard work all the way. I have been focused. It is just a product of hard work and really, I don’t have any regret at all. It has paid off. If at this stage I have my name everywhere and my name opens doors for me or precedes me, what more am I looking for? It is just for me to make sure I guard this name and preserve it so that it would be a platform for my children to ride on.

You love women so much in movies, are you saying that is not how you are in real life?

It is different. But then, I love women and I respect them. I find them interesting. I tend to learn a lot when I discuss with women. A 20-year-old girl will have a deeper understanding than a 30-year-old guy. I tend to relate with women more to get some certain facts of life and how they think. If I win a lady, I have captured everybody in her house.

So how were you able to settle with one as your wife?

I had made up my mind to get married when I saw her. The normal process of ‘how are you’ started and she responded. I ‘toasted’ her. After my analysis of her character, I felt she was the lady I should spend my life with. I didn’t tell her but I prayed to God and told Him I would want the lady to be my wife and He did it. We have been together for 10 years.

You must have dated so many people before you got married?

When you talk about marriage, it is all about emotions. Because I knew I wasn’t ready for marriage, I went and bought a wedding band and started wearing it so that ladies would think I was married. I wore that band for many years. I would meet a girl and tell her I liked her and when she asked about my wife, I would tell her my wife was abroad. If she wouldn’t mind, we would date. If another girl saw us together, that one would be wondering if the girl was my wife. It made life easier for us. I wasn’t ready for marriage then. I knew marriage was a different thing and I didn’t want to make mistakes. I ran away from girls then because they were just too ready for marriage while I wasn’t. They would tell me their father was ready and that we should get married but I just didn’t want because I wanted to be the man, I wanted to be the head of the home.

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