Nigerian TV Reality star and actress, Mercy Eke has revealed that she gets paid for being in a relationship.

Speaking in a recent episode of the 'Love Is A Game', Mercy explained that this is not a mandate she has established, but rather a supportive gesture intended to assist her in managing her household expenses.

With a team of six domestic workers to attend to, Mercy Eke's partner provides a financial allowance to help her meet these costs, thereby alleviating her financial strain.In her words " My guy (partner) pays me an allowance.

But it's not that I mandated him to do that.

I have about six domestic workers.

So the allowance is just to assist me to pay my staff," Read Also: They say I do money laundering - Mercy Eke of BBNaija "I didn't tell him to pay my staff's salaries.

He's doing it on his own to reduce my responsibilities.

Because of that, I always want to do things for him too," she added.

Mercy Eke has been hiding her current partner from the public.

Her last publicly known relationship was with fellow reality star, Ike Onyeama.Last year, she sparked relationship rumours with another reality star, Pere Egbi, but they both debunked the news.