The celebrity fashion designer, Veekee James, says she would not permit her husband to maintain a female best friend.
James, who married Femi Atere in October 2023, celebrated both their traditional and white weddings in Akwa Ibom and Lagos in 2024.
Speaking during an interview with Off The Top, she explained that she does not accept the idea of Atere having a female best friend, asserting that she alone occupies that position in his life.
She questioned why a married man should sustain such a close platonic relationship with another woman, emphasising that she already fulfils that role completely.
“A man can have a female best friend, but my husband can never. I am my husband’s only best friend for life,” she said.
“He cannot have me and another; it is just me. Any man who wants to can have a female best friend, but my husband is the exception because it simply doesn’t make sense to me.”
James further argued that married women should also look to their husbands for emotional support and companionship.
“Even if the lady is married, she should be her husband’s best friend. Her husband should be her solace, her hiding place and her refuge,” she said.
“Why is she looking for a best friend in my husband? It is not possible. There is no space for that. He does not have room for such; he is occupied with me.”
She recently disclosed that she spent days crying and nearly fell into depression following accusations that she ‘snatched’ her husband from a friend.