Peradventure you were one of those that criticized the celebrity
couple, Chris Attoh and Damilola Adegbite for having a child before
their private marriage which held months ago, then they have got an
answer for you!
In the new edition of the Blanck Magazine, the Attohs who met while
on the set of the ‘Tinsel’ series claimed that children are a product of
love, not marriage.
On how she handled the backlash of having a child before marriage, Dami said
“We love our fans and supporters, without whom we
won’t be called celebrities. But here’s the truth; our work is our work
and our personal lives are ours to deal with, hopefully none of the
people who love our work are completely
emulating our lives, so I’m
hoping that they can accept and respect what our choices and decisions
are. Without letting that get in the way of how much they appreciate our
work.The truth is I have my personal life to live. My partner and I
have made decisions based on how we deem fit and I will totally take
having a baby out of wedlock than having an abortion. The baby came at
the best time he was meant to come. We love each other and already had
plans of being together so why not. Thankfully our families and those
who their opinions really mattered were okay with our decisions.I recall in a recent article, where the same question was thrown
at the musician Brymo and he said that – children were a product of love
and not marriage and I completely agree. I’m not one to live my life
based on other people’s standards. Fortunately for me, I didn’t get a
lot of heat from people, in fact most people who knew about us were very
happy about everything. The people who knew the journey that we passed
through called it a miracle that we could come this far.And then she reflected on when she first found out she was pregnant!
“I remember when I told Chris I was pregnant, he laughed
uncontrollably… I was shocked. He was so happy and that was all that
mattered to me at the time. My family is doing great and I hope that
everyone can respect that. Like the saying goes – whoever wears the
shoe, knows where the shoe pinches (laughing). Bryan is a miracle and
was given to us for a reason we both know. He came at the time we didn’t
expect but it was such a beautiful timing. I wouldn’t trade that
feeling for a million fans.Some people have asked me if having a child obligated Chris to
marry me and here’s my answer, there are a lot of baby mamas out
there who their baby daddies didn’t marry, so having a kid for a guy
doesn’t guarantee anything. To us, Bryan sealed the deal for us – his
coming made us know that God was leading us to the path we had always
wanted and it would have been foolish for us not to jump on it.
And Bryan brought a lot of change, redirection, focus, organisation and
unity.”
