Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- Veteran actress Idowu "Iya Rainbow" Philips has opened up on why she chose not to remarry after the death of her husband, actor Augustine "Baba Osumare" Phillips.

Baba Osumare, who founded the Osumare Theatre Group, died in 1984. The couple had five children together.

Speaking in a viral video excerpted from her interview on her junior colleague Bimpe Akintunde's "Iriri Mi" podcast, posted on YouTube on 17 October, the 83-year-old actress said her late husband's passing closed her heart to marriage.

Iya Rainbow explained that although she never made a deliberate decision to remain single, her experiences with men after her husband's death changed her outlook on getting married again.

The Ogun-born actress noted, "M...