WATCH VIDEO: Stephanie Okereke Linus Fairytale Wedding;Journey So Far (Interview)

Stephanie Okereke Linus       


Beautiful, classy and determined are just some few words to describe Nollywood Star, Stephanie Linus. With over 90 movies to her credit, she has climbed up her career ladder earning a good reputation and several awards to her credit.

Stephanie was born in Benin City, Nigeria and is the sixth child of eight children. She studied at the University of Calabar, where she graduated with a degree in English and Literary Studies. In 2002, she participated in the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant and was a runner up in the competition.
The graduate of the New York Film Academy is also a movie director and producer and is set to break new grounds in the movie industry.

Her wedding was arguably the celebrity wedding of 2012. Set in a picturesque castle in the capital of France, Stephanie and her husband, Linus Idahosa exchanged their wedding vows on April 21st 2012. Still basking in the euphoria of her wedding anniversary, Stephanie was bubbly and when we had a chat at her home in Lagos. She had a special glow in her eyes whenever she talked about her husband, like a teenager in love.

I know it’s been a couple of weeks but congratulations on your one year wedding anniversary. How did you celebrate it? 

I read somewhere that they said we went to France.

I did too. Is that not true?

Not at all! But it was fun. How time flies! It seems like my wedding was just yesterday but our anniversary was a special moment.

It gets more interesting! Watch video and see Exclusive photos and the rest of the interview Below...



Looking back at the past one year, what has been the difference between your wedding and the actual marriage?

My husband and I are pals. Is the wedding supposed to be different from the marriage? I don’t know.

People say that the marriage is where the real test begins, where the real school is. Is that true?

Marriage is a school for you to learn, definitely. But when you know what your marriage is founded on, it is peaceful and you are content. I don’t see any difference because the wedding was about us. We weren’t trying to impress anyone with our wedding. It was how we saw ourselves and that is what we brought to fruition. There is still glamour in my marriage. We are just a young couple trying to have fun, live life and be happy. We set our own rules and we live by them and we try to make each other happy and be committed to ourselves and our marriage.

I’ve been itching to ask you this question for a long time. Why did you choose to have your wedding in Paris?

We just wanted something different. If it was in Nigeria, it would have been a real carnival but we wanted something serene. The love is a little bit sweeter in Paris, you know it can be hard in Nigeria (laughs). He feels he is a King and I’m a Queen, that is what we call ourselves, and we wanted to have this whole royal thingy going and we knew that we wouldn’t get that serenity in Lagos. We also wanted our families to bond, we wanted our parents to experience something new, to travel and relax. It was special to us and we wanted everyone around us to have special memories. We wanted something spiritual and divine. Not like we couldn’t get it here, but we wanted something to look back at with joy. We wanted to do us.

At what point did you know that Paris was the place?

I went to Cannes Film Festival with my sisters. When they left, my husband came to join me and the love was so sweet, it was so nice and beautiful and we knew Paris was the place.
Despite the fact that it was a destination wedding, you had a good number of family and friends from Nigeria join you.
It was just God showing himself. We told God that we wanted to get married in Paris and He should give us a sign if we should do Paris. And He gave us a sign. Arik Air donated one full return flight to us at no cost. Also, Air France gave us good discounts on tickets and the Embassy was really helpful with visas. It’s the grace of God that gets us things like that.

That sounds really sweet. Sometime in December, rumours swirled that you were pregnant. How did you take this?

It’s a good thing. That means they are praying for me to pop out the little ones. Yeah, the little ones are coming soon, but you know, everything is in God’s hands and I’ll have a baby when I’m supposed to have a baby. I am definitely not under any kind of pressure. We wish for it to happen and of course it’s going to happen..
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