Mercy Johnson hits back at those who criticise her for having her kids in quick succession

I feel that when you haven’t gone
through life and you don’t have a bearing
in life, that’s when you see certain
decisions as unreasonable. Most of these
people who make these statements have
not even realised what they want to do
with their lives yet.
“I had planned my life right from when I
was growing up. I arranged my life the
way I wanted it to go. And that is why
even when I was at the peak of my career
and marriage came, I grabbed it because I
know age keeps going and time waits for
no one.
“It means that I can have all of my four
kids and then still get back to shape and
come back to what I love to do. So I am
not going to say things like, ‘I don’t want
to have kids yet’ or ‘I am not going to get
married and I want to keep acting
because the young shall always grow’,
you are not going to be number one
forever. That is why when it is time for
you to do something, you do it. Yoruba
will always say in their prayers that
when the time for a child to talk has
come, by the grace of God, she will talk.
When it’s time to go to school, he will go
to school. That’s what I’m trying to do. I
want to define my life in a way my
daughter will want to define her own
life,”