Nollywood ‘play boy’, Jim Iyke has revealed in a new interview how he lost a girl he loved and greatly cared about because he was at that time, not ready for marriage.

According to the actor who is known to have been in several relationships, this particular lady was from Barbados and was truly in love with him.

He revealed to Saturday Beats how she had wanted them to get serious by asking him to either put a ring on it or move on, and he had decided to stick with the accolade he was getting at that time. He however, added that by the time he realised how much she meant to him, she had already moved on and a ‘more discerning man’ was already in her life.

“Compatibility and love are not enough to tie the knot. I have been in love before and the truth is that one of my best relationships never made it to the pages of the newspaper.

She was a girl from Barbados, she was a very special girl and we were together for one and a half years but I actually lost her. There was something she wanted me to do but I could not at that point in my life because I was a little bit too crazy, hung up on fame and indecisive about life.

“She decided to make a decision for both of us by insisting I put a ring on her fingers. She wanted me to make that move or move on so that I didn’t block the space for another man because I wasn’t ready. She moved on because she was that strong even though she suffered the consequence of not being with me for a while. By the time I realised that she was the love of my life and started backtracking, a more discerning man had taken over; that was what happened.

By the time I got back, I realised she had another man and even though I wanted to find a backdoor into her heart, I was shocked to realise that the guy is a sharpshooter because she was already pregnant for him.”