Did you relocate to the United States to avoid criticism at home?
I’ve been in the United States before the whole controversy started. When I was living in Nigeria, I wasn’t controversial. I was just a regular actress. If you watch my other movies, you’ll even be like”What! Is that Afrocandy?”. Then I was still married, so I was keeping it low.
We heard your ex-husband recently came back to beg you. Is it true?
This happened after my daughter turned 19, in May. That was also her prom, so I posted her prom pictures, I don’t know if they saw it. So, they started calling, even his sisters called requesting to speak to my daughter. I was like”After how many years?” After much persuasion and being the good Nigerian woman that I am, I allowed them to talk to her. That was it. My daughter did her graduation and we went together, before then I wasn’t talking with my husband. When he calls, I just give the phone to my daughters. But after the graduation ceremony, he said he wanted to talk to me. I was shocked and from there we started talking. He said, he wants to come back. I’m not going to tell you what’s going to happen, but just watch out. He’s taking care of the kids right now. I lived here alone for thirteen years before I joined him. He used to visit home once in a while. Something happened between me and somebody that used to come close. But when I joined him in the US, I put all that behind me. I wanted to move forward. Some gossips cropped up, someone called him and told him, then he jumped out of the house. That was how we broke up. I called him back, begging and he came back. After three months, he disappeared again, expecting me to come begging again. But I told him, “I wouldn’t do that again.” I’m not going to do that again”. Now he’s back, he told me the truth that he actually thought I was going to come back to beg him. That he never left, he was watching me. And instead of me to come back and beg him, I went wild. He doesn’t mind that anyway.
How do you handle motherhood?
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When I’m in the house, I’m a strict mother. When I’m with my children, I’m a different person, a mother to the core. I’m the kind of mother that when I look at you, without saying anything or hitting you, you must behave yourself. When the whole break-up thing happened, my first daughter was in middle school and she had some friends and she wanted to start some funny things. If I wasn’t a strong woman, I would have lost her then. I went to her school and I beat her up. The whole school was shocked. The principal called me to his office, saying he hasn’t seen anything like that. And I said, “What are you going to do, call the police? You want me to allow my daughter go haywire and then she ends up in a rehab or welfare home?’’ I don’t joke when it comes to raising my children. Afrocandy is a stage thing, when I get home, I’m a different person.
How is Judith Mazagwu different from the Afrocandy we know?
There’s not much difference, it’s still the same person. If you watch my movies, you’ll find out that the same way I’m talking to you now is the same way I talk in my movies. The difference is anyone you need. I’ll give it to you. It’s all in me. I have to exhibit what suits the situation or the moment. If it’s time to be a mother, I’ll be a mother; when it’s time to go crazy, I go crazy. There was a time, people were accusing that I do smoke and drink before hitting the set. But I don’t drink or smoke. One thing about me is that when I take alcohol I begin to add weight. If you see me in some videos smoking, it’s not real am just puffing. But I don’t need to get high to do anything . I only need to be myself. Two things that makes me high; happiness and anger.
