Cynthia Salawu
By Akeem Atoyebi
At 43, Cynthia Salawu is a fast rising actress and a successful skit maker. Yet, amid her career success, the talented diva has found her life incomplete, the reason being she has not found her life partner.
In a recent interview, Cynthia stated that while she has dated younger men in the past, marriage with one is out of the question.
“I prefer someone older as a husband because I want to be pampered by a man. I am always older than my boyfriends. They don’t mind my age, but I feel that’s why I’m still single. Now, I want a mature man from 40 years upwards.”
She stated that she’s no longer interested in casual dating.
“If it’s not leading to marriage, I’m not interested in dating anyone,” she declared.
Like many women approaching their mid-40s, Cynthia faces family pressure—not necessarily to marry but to have children.
“They no longer pressure me like before, now they just want me to have a baby instead because of time. I don’t want to be a single mother, but my mum keeps saying that she wants to carry my kids. I’ll be 44 next year in June. That’s why she is worried.”
“I always turn down sexual roles. Even kissing and smooching—I won’t accept. I believe in decency. I haven’t experienced any sexual harassment in the industry. I think it is also because of the age difference between me and other male content creators. So, they respect me a lot. They see me as their big aunty.
