Nollywood actress, Kemisola Apesin, better known as Kemity, has revealed the circumstances that led to having two children with different fathers and the journey into single motherhood.
Naijaonpoint reports that the film star, in an interview with her colleague, Biola Adebayo on the Talk To B podcast, stated that those judging her do not know her whole story.
Kemity said she became pregnant when she was about to write her West African Examinations Council (WAEC), but was unable to marry the father of her child at the time because her mother insisted she prioritise education.
The thespian revealed that the baby daddy travelled to Malaysia but was killed in a hotel robbery upon his return to Nigeria.
She said, “I have two children for two different fathers. The person I gave birth to my first child for was the one who disvirgined me and that was how I got pregnant. I was about to write my WAEC at the time. My mum loved education, so she insisted that all her children must be educated.
“She agreed that once I had furthered my education a bit, I could get married to him. My mum also asked me to learn a trade and I learnt catering. I and my baby daddy still kept contact but he later traveled to Malaysia.
“When he got back to Nigeria, he was killed in a hotel. He spent four years abroad and when he came back, he did not inform anybody, even I was not aware. It was someone who called my mum to inform her about his arrival. It was obvious that he was robbed and that was how I became a widow.
“Many people come online saying how can I have two children for two different fathers, they do not even know my story. Nobody prays to have children for different fathers. That is why I tell people that I am a widow and it was not because I was divorced.”
Speaking on the birth of her second child, Kemity revealed that she met her second partner seven years after having her first child.
According to Kemity, they had a court wedding, but the marriage eventually collapsed due to infidelity.
She said, “We had a court wedding. When the issue of extramarital affairs came up, I was already living with him. When I gave birth, he was working in a fuel station, while I took up a teaching job.
“When I was done with the day job, I did extra lessons too. I started noticing that he was acting strangely, he was no longer loving. He would be on long midnight calls claiming he was talking to his boss but I knew it a woman.
“You know we all have our limits and when I got to mine, I told him.”