He lived cohabitation and encouraged his daughter to do so.. Yuri Marqadi raises controversy among the audience

The artist Yuri Marqadi sparked controversy about his period of living in the United States, especially that he supports the idea of cohabitation, and that he and his wife, the beautician Olfat Munther, tried it before the official engagement.

And "Markady" explained during his meeting, with the media, Raghda Shalhoub, on the Lebanese Al-Jadeed channel, that his eldest daughter from his first wife also lives cohabiting in Canada, indicating that she was supposed to take this step in order for her to get to know the customs and traditions of the person with whom she will be associated. officially.

Yuri Marqadi added that he lived a period of cohabitation with his wife, the beautician Olfat Munther, for a period of more than ten years before they made the decision to officially link up.

He continued, "I do not care about people's opinion, and the idea of cohabitation is that marriage is considered a fateful matter, and a decision that a person makes without having 1% experience before entering into it."

For her part, Alfat Munther said that when she made the decision to cohabitate, she did not think about the reaction of society, because the decision related to her private life, pointing out that she initially refused to enter into a relationship with Yuri, because she was unaware of his separation from his first wife, Carla.

She revealed that she had discovered his betrayal many times, but that was from the past, and she jokingly said: "If I counted the times, I would have thrown him from the eighth floor."

Also, the retired artist said: My wife and I are two non-religious people, we are both against religion, but not atheists.

Yuri Marqadi claimed: "Not once, from the beginning of religion in history until now, has religion brought people closer to our Lord, but rather distanced them, and these are my personal convictions."

It is worth noting that the artist Yuri Marqadi announced earlier in October last year his retirement and published a picture through his official account on the social networking site "Instagram", commenting: "When art becomes a way to get rid of liquids from college, the best art is in the dark, I am outside." ".