"I Never Knew Lilian Was An Actress" - Ubi Franklin Talks Fiancee, Wedding Details & More

Iyanya's Manager and Triple MG boss, Ubi Franklin, shocked many people with the exciting news of his engagement to actress Lilian Esoro and in his first interview after his engagement news went out, he talks about the future for him and his bride-to-be. In his chat with Punch Newspapers’ Saturday Beats, Ubi also revealed he didn't know his fiancee, Lilian was an actress. Read excerpts below;

On her being an actress: 
When I met her, I did not even know she was an actress. That is something people do not know. I hardly watch television these days because of my schedule, so there are a lot of movie stars I do not know. Whenever I want to relax, I watch movies on my laptop. The first day I met her, she did not tell me she was an actress and I didn’t know till about a week later.

On marrying an actress: 
I have no problem with her career. Everybody works hard to earn a living and as far as she is happy with what she does, that is the most important thing to me. All I want to do is to help her improve on whatever she is doing and also support her.

On his ex: 
Things were not working because I believe that you should be where you would be happy for the rest of your life. I asked God that I needed a woman to marry and settle down with. After I prayed about it for about a week, I met Lillian at a friend’s party. The day I met her, I saw the qualities I wanted in a woman I want to be with for the rest of my life.

On their wedding details: 
The marriage would definitely be this year in Nigeria. I am not a fan of marrying abroad. I have nothing against people that do it but the truth is many people that ought to come and pray for you would not make it if you travel out of the country.

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