Renowned Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawon, fondly shares the delightful tale of how he first encountered his beloved wife, Damilola, back in their university days.
During a recent interview on the One-on-One show with Pulse, the actor revealed that both he and his wife pursued degrees in Chemical Engineering at the University of Lagos.
Despite sharing the same academic path, Deyemi initially held back from approaching Damilola, hoping she would take the initiative in greeting him. He humorously referred to this phase as his ‘God’s gift to women’ period. Eventually, overcoming his initial hesitation, he approached her and struck up a conversation one day. Their connection endured beyond their school days, as they continued to cross paths in life.
Deyemi Okanlawon on how he met his wife
“So what happened was, I used to see her with girls that I know because they used to hang out. You know how girls used to hang out in cliques…So they’d be walking down the hallway and I’d be walking towards them and they would stop and I would say hello to every single one of them except my wife because she won’t say hello first.”
“She get pride pass me, last last na me still go meet am. We got out of school and because we had the same circle of friends, people were getting married so we were always on bridal trains together. One day, I went to present a cake made my by mum at a wedding she was at; it was her cousin’s wedding.”
“And her cousin who was my friend said to her “can you please go get something for my friend to eat?” And she couldn’t say no and you could see the look on her face and I was basking in it.”
“Then about a year later when I was single, we met again. I was working a 9-5 when we married, she got married to me as a working professional. But when we were dating I told her that I felt that there was something for me in acting and by that same year I got an acting gig. And she found herself married to an actor.”