I was never a Ladies man,i'm very shy& prefer to watch tv at home-RichardMofeDamijo

The new look RMD-Very nice but says he's not a ladies man.

• RMD says he's shy and never was a ladies man.

RMD -Richard Mofe Damijo,whether he likes it or not RMD is a ladies man and will always be..he reveals in this interview he was uncomfortable with the tag and also talks about his new weight loss and healthy life style, there was a lot of uproar about his weight loss,personally i think its fine.There was a point at which he lost too much,but i think he is fine now,plus why he doesn't miss Lagos..enjoy

On how he felt being called a “Ladies man” years back:(RMD) RichardMofeDamijo says:“It’s not entirely true. It was really worrisome at the beginning but after a while I dealt with it. Some editors confessed it was a ploy they used to sell their magazines in the absence of juicy stories. For those who don’t know the real me, I have never considered myself a ladies man. I am very shy. I would rather be at home with my family watching TV at weekends. I love Christmas and New Year holidays with my family. For some reasons, I couldn’t get my phones to work the way I wanted it to work.

I didn’t have internet on my phone and I didn’t have BIS on my phone for about twelve days. There was no disturbance. These are things that make more sense to me. I like to be in
the presence of God on Sundays. I love the simple things of life. I’m not your average party going, disco going person. I would go occasional to Night Shift when it used to be but after that, you won’t see me at night clubs or partying all over the place. I love live bands and live shows. I used to go to Bread and Butter where Lagbaja used to go in those days. I used to go to Jazzville, but disco, no way, night clubs, no way. I’m not one of those night club loving people.”

On how to make celebrity marriages work: (RMD)RichardMofeDamijo says:“Listen to your wife, be open to her, take time out and try to make her understand your job. For me, I’m blessed that my wife was a broadcaster before her current job. She understands how I work and I try to involve her in most of the things I do. That’s why I said it’s nice to be family-oriented. Let your partner know that you will rather not be on the red carpet or night club; you will be at home with the family.

Once you are able to do that, then there will be a lot more time for you and your family and your marriage. It was the strongest challenge I had to face and not even being a celebrity or not being able to move my family to Delta State initially. So, I was shuttling between here and Lagos. I have succeeded in separating my public person from my family. To my kids, I am their daddy, for my wife, I am her husband. I don’t bring RMD home. It’s Mofe that’s at home. If I wake up in the morning and thought about myself first as a celebrity I’ll have problems. I am too much of a Warri boy to think of myself as a celebrity. It’s still very alien to me.”

On the secret behind his youthful mien: (RMD)RichardMofeDamijo says:“I woke up one morning, to be precise May 9th last year and I weighed 120kg. I said this cannot go on. Neither of my parents crossed 60kg. I thought it would be sinful for me to keep eating and putting on weight and living an unhealthy life. I decided to just change my lifestyle. I didn’t diet, what I’m doing now is not dieting. I hate to use the word diet because when you say you are dieting you have to stop at one point. What I did was to change my lifestyle.

What I did was to get somebody who knows about food. A lot of people don’t succeed when they diet because they don’t understand food. They diet, they drink a lot of shakes, tablets and all of that and after a month they become bigger than they were. What I did was very simple. It’s all about knowing the kind of food you eat and what it contains. I have a daughter (Onome) from my late wife, who is obsessed with calories, weight gain and weight loss. She was with me all through Christmas and New Year. She’s 26. I love what I do now; I just eat well and exercise.

I feel lighter, but there are lots of people who feel I am too slim now. It’s about how I feel inside. I’m at my best physically. I have never felt better. I feel lighter, I don’t suffer indigestion. Now I weigh about 97kilos. All my clothes are gone. You know they say “vanity upon vanity all is vanity.” This morning, I gave a guy about eight pairs of traditional clothes.”

On if he misses Lagos: (RMD)RichardMofeDamijo says:“I don’t miss Lagos. I missed Lagos because of my family. I have lived in Lagos most of my adult life. There is nothing that Lagos has offered me any more that I have not already gotten. I have lived in Lagos since 1984 till today. I have seen Lagos grow, I have seen governors come and go. In Asaba, you can leave your house at 7:45am for an 8am program and get there and it’s better than living in a place where you have an appointment and you leave home at 5.am. I can’t miss that. I have a friend who lives in Lekki area of Lagos and he wakes up at 4.30am everyday. I can’t do that. My wife doesn’t get home until about 9pm. Some days, when it’s really bad she comes home at 10pm. It’s such a terrible thing. When I was younger, I liked it. Like I said, I am getting older. Like I said, I miss my family. I don’t miss Lagos as a town or as a city.”

source Sun Newspaper.