Veteran actress Mama Rainbow whose name is Phillip Idowu has revealed why she chose to stay single after the death of her husband.
The 83 yrs old actress disclosed it during an interview with Bimpe Akintude. She said a man who once proposed marriage to her left her abrupt after seeing the number of children she was raising.
Mama Rainbow explained that the man visited her home and saw 11 children eating with her.
After realizing they were all her children he Left and never looked back.
This experience led to the decision of her not getting married. A promise she kept for decades.
She said: “A man wanted to marry me when my husband died, but he ran away when he saw 11 kids with me. He came to my house and saw the children eating with me. When I told him they were my children, he left and never came back.Since then, I decided never to get married again, and I have remained single.”
Mama Rainbow lost her husband in 1984 and has since raised her children on her own.
Having started her acting career in the 1960s, she has appeared in numerous Yoruba and English-language films.
