Daddy Freeze, the Nigerian media personality, has shared the pain of his estrangement from his children, revealing he has not seen them in nearly a decade following his first divorce.
Daddy Freeze, whose real name is Ifedayo Olarinde, in a recent interview on WithChude, described his union with his first wife Opeyemi as a partnership between “two damaged people”.
The 49-year-old admitted they were too young and immature for the commitment, having married primarily because she was pregnant.
The media personality attributed the collapse of their marriage, which ended in 2014 amid allegations of adultery and domestic violence, to a combination of mutual stubbornness and an inability to forgive.
Freeze acknowledged his own shortcomings but explained that their conflicts created a destructive cycle.
“My ex-wife and I are very stubborn people. We no dey hear word. She will not hear, and I will not hear. I married at 24, she was 22. We were very young, very immature; we had no business getting married. She was pregnant, and we were dating. If she were not pregnant, I am not sure we would have gotten married,” he said.
“So it was one of the factors that influenced the marriage; it was two damaged people in a union. She also had trust issues. It was not like I was a good person, not like I was trustworthy, but like ten crimes, I committed only four and that made the Monte Carlo effect come in again.
“She was not quick to forget, quick to forgive, quick to look away. She focused on the bad sides of me; we were very immature about how we ended the marriage. She said if I do not pay school fees, I am not going to see the kids, and I said if I do not see the kids, I am not going to pay school fees.
“It was another Monte Carlo situation over and over again. At each point, I’m sure she believed that I would back down and I believed that she would back down.”
His biggest regret, Freeze shared, is that his children have grown up without his presence.
He revealed that his two children live abroad and, despite knowing their location, he has chosen not to “sneak up on them,” respecting their space.
Freeze, who married Benedicta Elechi in 2022, expressed that the first three to five years of the separation were especially difficult. He added that the emotional weight of the nearly ten-year estrangement remains heavy.
“My only pain is marriage, no work, everybody don go. Can I see my kids? Can I even talk to them on the phone? I am sure right now she is Pentecostal. I actually believe in Pentecostalism because of her, so she is also probably going to see me as the Antichrist, the devil,” he said.
“Can the Antichrist see his children? They are not in Nigeria; they are out of the country. I traced them to where they are, but I do not want to sneak up on them. If they want to see me, a DM on social… I am the easiest person. It was tough, it has been nearly ten years. It was tough for the first three to five years.
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