Actress and television presenter Idia Aisien has opened up about her past relationships, revealing that she once spent large sums of money on former partners and later experienced betrayal.
Speaking in an interview with Toke Makinwa, Idia said she often supported the men she dated financially because she was serious about building a future with them.
“I spent millions on men,” she said.
“I used to spend money on guys. If they complained that their business wasn’t doing well, I would give them a couple of millions. At the time, I was dating to marry, so I didn’t want my partner to struggle; I tried to help when he was trying to invest in something,” she said.
“I believed that if you help a guy in the beginning, later when he’s better, he will help you in return, and that how you treat him is how he will eventually treat you.
“There was an ex I gave money to when he said his business was down. Later, his phone suddenly stopped going through, but I later found out he had flown a popular girl to Dubai.
“He insisted his phone was having issues, but one of my brothers told me they saw him with another woman and even had picture evidence. When I confronted him, he first said it was his friends who forced him to go on the trip, then later claimed it was also for business.”
She added that betrayal has been part of some of her past relationships and that the experiences have influenced how she now approaches love.
“Betrayal in relationships is something that has happened to me,” she said.
Idia is a Nigerian American model, actress and television presenter. She first gained recognition as a presenter on lifestyle programmes such as You Got Issues and Style 101 on Spice TV before moving into acting.
The actress later played the lead role in the 2020 Nollywood film Nneka the Pretty Serpent, a remake of the 1990s classic.
