When and why did you guys decide to make
it official?
Chris: I think that one, it was the right timing,
two, we had been through a lot of ups and
downs and had decided that it wasn’t really
happening, but a couple of months after we
both realised that may be we just couldn’t
go on without each other. I remember that I
personally was already gone but she literally
stopped me in my tracks and I had no choice
but to notice. The much older and mature
person in me, noticed the wonderful woman
that I watched grow up from being a girl to
becoming a woman and then being pregnant
and giving birth to life. I knew immediately that
it was time to make this official. It was time
to let her know that from this time on we are
going on together as a family. She is no doubt
the most important woman in my life.
Two beautiful and sort after celebrities
in a Union, are there any form of silent
competition between you two?
Chris: (Laughs) well, I can’t say for sure but
even if that were the case we would learn to
deal with it. We’ve had variations or rather
different times in our lives as well as in the
relationship were she would be getting different
gigs and I would be like ‘woooooshhhh! I don’t
see it as competition, whatever it is between us
is healthy. There is no competition in our world,
this is a union and as a union we are all on the
same team. It will be very hard to compete with
your own team member- you are definitely
not going to succeed in the end. I admire her
a lot and like I said earlier, this woman is an
amazingly talented actress.
Dami: No there’s nothing of such. Chris and
I don’t have that type of relationship. We
completely support each other. We are each
other’s biggest fans. We are a team now, so
there’s definitely no room for such unhealthy
competitions. Whatever is his is mine and mine
his. At the end of the day it’s our prayer for
each other to succeed beyond expectations.
Knowing that you guys are role models to
a lot of people, how did you mange with
the back lash of having a baby before
marriage?
Dami: 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
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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 babe 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 ok
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.
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 is pinching (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. For
us, Bryan sealed the deal for us- he’s 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. It was and is still
beautiful. Sometimes I sit down and marvel at
how lucky I am. Now my life has a purpose- I
wouldn’t trade this for any other life.
Chris: I would rather prefer to see us as one
of the fortunate couples who happened to
be blessed with a baby before our wedding.
We obviously already had plans to make our
relationship official but sometimes plans
change; but then what bigger blessing would
anyone ask for in a union than a child?
Sometimes when plans change we don’t get it,
but everything that has happened to us has
happened for us and we are extremely grateful.