Nigerian reality TV star, Mercy Eke, says she has no problem having children outside marriage.
In a recent podcast interview, the Big Brother Naija Season 4 winner explained that she would keep her baby if she became pregnant before marriage, even though it is not something she is actively seeking.
Eke expressed confidence that having a child out of wedlock would not affect her life, insisting that the stigma around single motherhood is mostly directed at women who are not financially stable.
“I won’t go the extra miles to get pregnant out of wedlock. But if it just happens, I would leave it and I would have my baby. I want three kids; two girls and one boy, or three girls. I love female children.”
She added that marriage is not a prerequisite for her to have children.
According to her, society treats financially successful single mothers differently.
“Even if I don’t get married, I would still have kids. What most people don’t know is that the stigma of being a single mother only applies to women who don’t have things going well for them.”
She argued that wealthy and influential single mothers still have men eager to marry them.
“The women that are shattering glasses, men are begging them for marriage. I can get married tomorrow if I want to. But what I want in a man, I have not seen it. It’s not like there is no suitor. There are plenty… So, even if I have a baby, I would still see a man,” she said.
