Sophia Momodu reflects on pregnancy backlash
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She stressed that she lost her voice and confidence because of the trauma she got from the experience.
Nigerian influencer and entrepreneur, Sophia Momodu, spoken up regarding the online backlash and criticism she received she got pregnant out of wedlock for singer Davido.
Sophia, while speaking at a United Nations General Assembly event in New York, revealed that she was subjected to emotional and psychological abuses.
She stressed that she lost her voice and confidence because of the trauma she got from the experience. She however, regained her confidence after sometime, owning her story and not succumbing to the shame attached to her name.
“I am a pastor’s daughter who got pregnant out of wedlock by a global superstar. And I was mocked. It was crazy. I had to find myself in the midst of all that. For a long time, I didn’t have a voice despite being famous. I was worried and getting drained by the negative criticisms. If you are a Nigerian, you will know that it is almost a taboo for a pastor’s daughter to have a child out of wedlock,” she said.
Sophia Momodu is the mother of Davido’s first daughter, Imade Adeleke.