Marlon Wayans has revealed that his late mother, Elvira Wayans, is the reason he never got married.
The 51-year-old American actor said he made a commitment to make his late mother the No. 1 woman in his life, and he stuck to it until she died in 2020 at 81.
The comedian told The New York Times in an interview that he chose to never get married because he wanted to prioritize his relationship with his mother.
“My mother’s death broke me. It shattered me into a million pieces, because that was my girl,” he said. “I never got married, because I never wanted my mother to be jealous of a woman. I never wanted my mother to feel second to any woman.”
When pressed to confirm that his mother was the reason he never got married, Marlon Wayans responded “absolutely,” before adding that she was “one of five reasons.”
He said: “Mom was very needy. I told my mother on her deathbed, ‘I never got married because I always wanted you to be my No. 1 girl.’ Those…
Source: Linda Ikeji
