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“Celebrity marriages fail because most couples live their lives on the internet”- Patrick Doyle

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Seasoned broadcaster, master compere, actor and entertainment personality, Patrick Doyle, has revealed that one of the reasons most celebrity marriages don’t last is because most couples live their lives on the internet.

Regarded as one of the most well polished professionals in the industry, Patrick, who is also married to an actress in the person of Iretiola Doyle, gave reasons why some celebrities find it hard to maintain their relevance on the scene and why they cannot keep their homes.

“You see people posting things like, ‘Today, he annoyed me but I would manage him,’ on their Facebook and Twitter accounts. It is surprising that they now live their lives on the internet.

“I feel sorry for the young people who feel they have a duty to keep their fans abreast of their life situation. They say things like, ‘my fans’. I then ask, ‘who is your fan?’ The fact that someone admires your work does not make him your fan; he is just an admirer of your work. Let me give an instance of what a fan does. Start a fire, when it is about to quench, use a fan to blow it, what happens?

“These artistes consume themselves in the fire of fans. I do not live my life waiting for someone to be my fan. I want you to be my friend and admire my work. I do not need anybody to define me or boost my ego because I can rightly approximate my self-worth.

“They are so silly; they say things like, ‘I have 6,000 followers’. They forget that those 6,000 followers are also following a million other artistes. They are not your followers but followers of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. When you say someone is your follower, he follows you alone, so don’t be fooled,” Patrick said in an interview.

Continuing, he said, “My wife and I are not the type you often see in the public. We are not the typical celebrities. Whenever we step out, it is work for us the same way an accountant would go to work in the morning and head home at the close of work.

“If I have to attend a movie premiere, it is work. I also do not post my thoughts on social media. Some of these new crops of artistes are so stupid that they go as far as posting how their spouse annoyed them on their social media platforms. My wife and I are not into that and that is why we are not really being scrutinised by the public.”

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