Maureen Esisi is a Nigerian fashion designer, entrepreneur, and content creator on platforms like Tiktok and Youtube. Her claim to fame and popularity is due to her being Blossom Chukwujekwu’s ex-wife. Their marriage lasted for only three years before they had a controversial divorce in 2019.
Years later, they have both moved on, and Blossom is now married to Ehinome Winifred Akhuemokhan, a pastor and niece of the founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome.
Everything We Know About Maureen Esisi
1. Her Early Life and Age
Maureen Esisi was born on September 11, 1987, to Chief Dr. Charles Okafor Ezissi and his wife Mrs. Ezissi who is from Akwa Etiti, Anambra. She is one of her parent’s four children. Her other siblings are Mark Ezissi, Jennifer Ezissi Afe, and Greene Ezissi. The 36-year-old had a very close relationship with her father till his death on August 19, 2022.
Esisi whose real family name is spelled Ezissi is also known as Red Vigor. She graduated from the Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls.
2. She is the Founder of the House of Maureen Ezissi
The Anambra native is a fashion designer. She had her professional training at Heriot-Watt University.
After her studies, she started her fashion brand named the House of Maureen Ezissi where she makes ready-to-wear clothes inspired by African prints as well as other casual wear.
3. Maureen Esisi is a Content Creator With a Huge Following
She is a social media influencer with a huge following. Maureen is active on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube where she posts about her life and businesses as a fashion designer. The huge following she garnered is adding to her popularity and fame. Aside from this, she also advertises for hair, cosmetic, and fitness brands.
So far, she has featured her father, siblings, and nieces as well as her unidentified friends in some of her videos.
4. Her Marriage with Blossom
Maureen and Blossom’s love story has different accounts of how they met. According to one source, they started from Instagram. Per this source, the Knocking on Heaven’s Door actor had been following her and had even liked many of her social media pictures without saying anything.
However, she decided to take the bold step by sliding into his direct message. Not long after, they started dating and he proposed marriage to her after three months.
Another source states that they knew each other for many years and even after getting engaged, they had to wait for one year before they got married.
Whatever the true story, Maureen got married to Blossom on October 15, 2016. Notably, they never had any children. She later revealed that she wished to have children but Blossom was not ready at the time.
5. Her Controversial Divorce from The Actor
The news about their broken marriage as reported by stelladimokokorkus.com came out in September 2019. The source also states that blossom informed Maureen’s parents that he was no longer interested in the marriage. Following this, she learned of her failed marriage from her father.
Moving on, there have been speculations of cheating from both as some claim their problems started before tying the knot. Looking back to when they met, these sources claim that they had just left other relationships and had not healed. On his part, Blossom was said to be heartbroken from his relationship with Lilian Esoro who left him to marry Ubi Franklin.
Whatever the case, he did not open up about why their marriage collapsed, however, Maureen revealed that they parted ways because they were not meant to be.
Maureen has revealed that despite their failed marriage, she did not sign any divorce papers.
6. She Contemplated Suicide After Her Marriage Crashed
Esisi revealed that she almost committed suicide after her marriage with Blossom ended. However, she did have a change of heart when a good friend helped her by being there for her.
In the same video she shared on her Youtube channel, she also left the marriage penniless but later realized that it was the best decision she ever made.
7. Her Struggle with Unhappiness
Following the death of her father, Maureen revealed that she finds it very difficult to be happy since it is now a luxury unlike in the past when it was easy. While this may be due to the death of her father, she was accused of being depressed in an Instagram video of her and her female cousin locking lips.
While reacting, one of her fans made the remark that she is depressed. However, the celebrity ex-wife replied that the fan was only using a fake account.
8. Has Red Vigor Moved On?
Three years after her marriage ended, Red Vigor has moved on. She appeared in a Tiktok video dancing with the Big Brother Naija reality star Cross Ikechukwu in February 2022.
While it is unclear whether the two are in a relationship or not, both appeared enjoying the moment in the video that sparked many reactions from anger to indifference.
In recent Instagram pictures she shares, Maureen is rumored to be engaged due to the ring spotted on her finger. As of this writing, she has not refuted nor verified these rumors even as her fans congratulate her.
On her ex-husband’s part, he has now remarried. He had a traditional marriage with Ehinome Winifred Akhuemokhan on May 20, 2022.
Per reports, Blossom’s new wife is a pastor with one of the biggest churches in Nigeria, the Christ embassy, and the founder, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is her uncle.
The couple’s white wedding which was held at Christ Embassy on June 17, 2022, was officiated by her uncle, Oyakhilome.
9. Blossom Chukwujekwu’s Ex-wife Apologises to His New Wife
Maureen’s ex-husband’s traditional marriage pictures with Winifred have led to speculations about his age difference from her. Following this many observed that he left his ‘hot’ wife to marry a woman older than him.
Maureen made a laughing remark in one of the comments. However, she was accused of trolling Winifred by many followers. As it turned out, she did not realize that her laughing emoji was a response to someone’s comment body-shaming Winifred. She later apologized for the mixup and observed that no one needs to feel bad on their big day.
Away from this, it also turns out that Winifred is in her early to mid-thirties while the Castle and Castle actor, Blossom, born on November 4, 1983, is now 40 years old.
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10. Maureen Esisi Net Worth
The social media content creator and Chukwujeku’s ex-wife’s net worth has not been revealed by her. However, many sources estimate it to be as high as $150 thousand which she earned from her career and other online activities.
Considering that TikTok creators earn 3 cents per thousand views, Maureen Esisi’s income from her content which attracts many views will garner her more earnings.
Maureen Esisi and Blossom Chukwujekwu’s marriage lasted less than four years before crashing. This adds to the high number of celebrity divorces in Nigeria. As it is, they have moved on and Blossom has remarried, yet, it is unclear whether his second marriage will last longer than the first.
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