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I was a fool for love – Mercy Aigbe  Embattled Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, says she endured beatings from her estranged husband Lanre Gentry for a long time because of her children. In a no-holds-barred interview on BroadwayTV, Aigbe said she stayed long with Gentry despite the consistent beatings because she wanted to keep her home. “I stayed because I loved him and because every time he beats me, he would plead with me and get his family and friends to beg me. He promised regularly to change but he never did. When my husband gets angry, he gets physical, not only to me but to anyone. He has done that with my house help who reported him to the Police years ago. I stayed because of my children and because a lot of people look up to me. I was a role model of some sort and I really wanted to keep it together. I just wanted a home,” Aigbe said.

She said the current crisis rocking her marriage began a few days after she discovered that her husband, Lanre Gentry, was sleepin...