- Ebuka Obi-Uchendu disclosed how he met his wife and how they eventually started talking.
- Ebuka also noted that at the beginning of their relationship, Cynthia didn’t fully understand his busy work schedule because she wanted to spend time with him.
Ebuka spoke candidly about his path to becoming the well-known TV anchor he is today during his guest appearance on the most recent episode of the podcast Menisms.
He revealed that before getting the opportunity to host Big Brother Naija, he had trouble getting started for a while.
The well-known media figure also shared the details of how he met his wife and their subsequent conversational beginnings.
Ebuka added that while his wife, Cynthia wanted to spend time with him, she didn’t completely comprehend his rigorous work schedule when they first started dating.
He revealed that he knew she was the one he wanted to marry quite early, even with his busy work schedule.
“I feel like my wife came at the right time because she came when things started picking up for me. I did see a few exes along the way but after my long-distance breakup, I didn’t get into anything committed until I met my wife because I wasn’t in the headspace for it. When work started I was intentional about building this thing and enjoying my life on the streets until it became serious. I didn’t have any moments where I was dating until my wife.
“I knew her 3 years before we became a thing and we were both in relationships. I was friends with her brother and we followed each other on Twitter. Then on Jan 1st 2014, I sent a ‘Happy New Year’ message. At this time I had been single for almost 2 years and she responded, and that’s how we started.
“She was in HR and from a quiet world. I was working at Ebony Life and the studio was in Calabar so I used to go there two times a month for six days each. At the time our relationship had just started so she didn’t get it initially. So it took a lot of explaining for her to understand. The interesting thing is a month into our relationship I knew we were going to get married. I don’t know what it was, but I think a lot of it was the conversations we were having,” he said.
The couple got engaged in April 2015 following an intimate proposal at Sakura, a Japanese restaurant on Lagos’ Victoria Island, and married in November of the same year.
They have subsequently welcomed two beautiful children, Jeweluchi and Irubinachi into the world.