My Marriage Would Have Made me a Sad Woman - Actress Steph Nora Okere

The beautiful actress made this known in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, revealing things about her past relationship and person! See excerpts;

*separating from Jim Iyke, you said you still loved him. Is it still the same till date?
(smiles) Is it possible to live my life away from Jim Iyke? He wasn't the first person I dated in life.

*(cuts in) The first in Nollywood?
So what? I want to be mute regarding this issue. He has never talked about me anywhere. We have an understanding and I don't want to break it again.

*Do you still have crush on him?
I don't hate him.
*Your marriage to Lanre Falana did not last. Why?
I was never married but I was involved in a marriage process which got truncated along the line. Marriage begins with paying the woman's dowry, traditional and white wedding. All these did not take place. My family didn't support marrying a man who kept one woman in one place and plans keeping another one in another place. I attend Catholic church and the marriage process in Catholic, begins with the intended couples tendering a marriage certificate issued by a court to the church. This was the main reason we were in court in the first place.
*Was it cultural differences that led to the break up?
Not at all. It was based on personal conduct and irreconcilable differences . We were not living together. We had the court marriage in July and he went abroad September. Only for him to come back like a year and half later.
*You said in an interview that you had no regret about your ''truncated marriage process.''
That is because I am not a party to pretense. That marriage would have made me a sad woman. I have learnt not to judge a book by its cover.
*Any plans of marrying again?
It has not been easy. You hardly can differentiate between a man who truly wants you as a woman because he feels for you , or one who wants to be seen with a known actress. Some men can go as far as taking a bet over you because you are a known actress. But when a good man comes around, I will settle with him. However, my Bible has not told me I can not make heaven as a single woman.
*Do you feel lonely as a single woman?
How? Because I am not married? Why should I feel lonely? I have my family. I have brothers, sisters, friends and neighbours.
*You seems not to be aging. What's your secret?
I stay stress free by dealing with issues as they come.
*Do you engage in other things apart from acting?
I am a playwright and a screenwriter. I package events for companies and individuals. I am also a film maker and producer. I am also into artist management and production consultancy. At a time, I dropped a single which was aired on some radio stations.
*So what style of music do you sing?
It is called soul music.
*When will that hit the market?
Soon, but I have other things taking my time, like my television talk show, "The Lounge".
*What is it about?
I am working on my talk show called 'The Lounge with Steph Nora'. The show is designed to celebrate icons that are doing things to project Africans to the world. The major target is to create positive role models for the youths.
*What was growing up like?
I grew up in Lagos. I schooled at St Paul's School, Ebute Metta. Later to Jubril Martins Memorial School. I had to relocate to complete my secondary school in AkwakumaSecondary School, Owerri I am from Ngor-Okpala, Owerri. My parents come from a little community called Imerienwe. I was just in class three when my father picked up an appointment with Imo College of Agriculture and we had to move to Owerri. That was why I moved to Akwakuma. From there I moved to Obafemi Awolowo Universty OAU Ife