Ghanaian Actress, Yvonne Nelson has revealed how she aborted a pregnancy for rapper Sarkodie in 2010.
Nelson made the revelation in her book “I am not Yvonne Nelson” which was launched at Peduase Lodge, Ghana on Sunday.
On pages 88-95 of chapter eight of her new book which has caused quite a stir on social media, she said:
“I had gone for a pregnancy test to confirm what becomes the most obvious conclusion for a sexually active young woman who misses her monthly flow. I was in the company of Karen. And when the test result was ready, I wasn’t strong enough to open it. She did and declared the verdict.
“Charlie, it dey there!
“On an ordinary day, I would have laughed out loud and that would trigger a string of jolly conversations and jokes. But this was no laughing matter. It was a grim piece of information that was capable of turning my world upside down.”
In her book, the award-winning actress explained that she decided to have an abortion because both she and Sarkodie was not ready to raise a child then.
The actress said:
“I wasn’t the only one responsible for the situation, so I called the man whose potent seed had germinated in me. His name is Michael Owusu Addo, a renowned Ghanaian musician who is better known as Sarkodie.
“Sarkodie was a budding musician with the potential to become one of the biggest artists in Ghana and beyond. At the time, however, the future looked uncertain, and his way through the maze of life still appeared too foggy to predict. Success was not guaranteed. He was still living with his mother and was not ready to carry a burden while he was being carried by his mother.”
She equally wrote about their relationship describing it as an unserious one.
Nelson said:
“I wouldn’t call what had developed between us a serious relationship. I gravitated toward people in the music industry. For the longest time in my life, music was my getaway from all the unpleasant things life threw at me. So, I liked his talent. We started talking and got close, closer.”
The actress further narrated how she attempted to abort the pregnancy by taking concoctions from a colleague but was unsuccessful.
She said:
“The first thing that hit me when he said no to keeping the pregnancy was my own life. I had grown up without a father in my life. I had often been reminded of how I had been borne by mistake.
“I was still wondering if the man whose name I bore was my father. How was I going to bring another human being into this world to live like me, someone whose father would reject him or her as Mr. Nelson had rejected me? If there was a way to spare someone else the trauma I was contending with, why would I reject that option, especially when I was not.”
Luckily she explained she aborted the pregnancy however she revealed it was one of the most regrettable mistakes in her life.
Nelson wished the clock of life could be rewound to her younger self so she could keep it.
