Comedian Eric Omondi says his relationship with former Citizen TV Jacque Maribe started out with them being friends. Good friends.

Speaking in an interview with Massawe Japanni on Radio Jambo, Eric was asked what caused their separation.

"We were friends and things happened."

"Friends with benefits?" Massawe asked.

The comedian he replied without hesitating,

"There were benefits, and we were friends."

Jacque and Eric's friendship grew at their former workplaces.

Eric was a presenter at Radio Jambo Jacque was a news reporter at Kiss TV.

He says he asked her out for coffee to which she agreed.

The two their love story a secret until 2019 when Maribe posted photos of them together with their son at school and on a holiday.

During the interview, the comedian also revealed that he will be getting married and start a family.

"My birthday is on the 9th of March, but that is too soon. I took people through a lot of rollercoasters; some people were mad for some reasons. This time let me thank the people by giving them a wife, children and a family," he said.