Nigerian singer Simi discusses how having her daughter Adejare changed her views on motherhood, even though she had intended to have several nannies.
During a recent Cool FM episode of The Roadshow, Simi disclosed that she used to think she would be the kind of mother who had several nannies for her kids.
The show host asked, “What is one thing that you have said, ‘It will never be me,’ but it’s so you right now?”
After pausing for thought, the single mother answered, “I used to say that before I had my daughter that I would have five nannies and my nanny would have a nanny; that is not the case.”
Simi revealed that, contrary to her initial plans, she only hires nannies for her daughter Adejare when they are in Nigeria but not when abroad.
“I’m super hands-on. In fact, when we’re in the States, I don’t have any nannies, but here I have someone to watch her when I have to work because I’m busier here than there. That’s just not the kind of mum I ended up being.”
I was so certain back then that I was like, ‘I will have two nannies and those nannies will have a nanny and their nannies will have nannies too’. I shouldn’t have thought that, though, knowing me, I really shouldn’t have,” she stated.
The host changed the subject and asked, “In the last few years, have you picked up new skills or hobbies that are not music?”
“I’m trying to write a book, a novel. I used to say that if I wasn’t an artiste I would probably be a novelist. Maybe some romance. Some fantasy, some suspense. Additionally, Simi stated, “I want to work on a children’s project; it is an untapped market.”
