Talented singer, Omawumi for the first time entertained questions based on her daughter’s paternity. She granted Seun Apara, a Thisday Newspapers columnist and CEO of Media & Marketing Experts LTD this interview and she goes thus:
I
never hid it but I felt that since I'm not married, I don't need to come out
and say this is the father of my child. It is always ideal for someone who
wants to marry you to be the one to identify himself. Another thing is that he
might not want to identify himself because he is not an artiste. He might not
want that part of my life. He might just love me and my child. So I like to
respect people's privacy. I also strongly feel that it is my job as a musician
to entertain you and if you feel like my personal life is your business, it
doesn't mean I feel the same way.
Initially
when I got pregnant, I didn't feel the need to come out and start telling
people that this is the father of my child. I didn't feel I owed it to anyone.
My
family and my close friends know who the father of my child is because we’re in
a relationship. We have a very healthy relationship and our families are
intertwined. I don't think I need to start telling people all this.
I
felt so bad about the stories people are writing about my child's paternity
because normally, controversies don't get to me and my daughter don’t have to
be part of this. So when people start putting that kind of stuffs in print and
my daughter stumbles upon it when she is old enough to read, it will hurt her.
Considering
the kind of upbringing I had, I'm not that morally bankrupt that I will now
fraternize with a married man that is like a father figure to me.
When pressed further to
reveal her baby daddy’s identity, this was what she said:
I
don't feel that will be necessary. I just want to use this opportunity to tell
people that I will try as much as possible to be a normal artiste and I want to
encourage people to try and enjoy my music. It’s not easy but they should just
try not to be concerned about my private life. They should know that I'm a
human being and they should try to understand that I tried to be a person that
people can look up to.
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