Simi narrates love story with hubby, Adekunle Gold

Celebrity couple, Adekunle Gold and Simi tied the knot in a surreptitious wedding ceremony in 2019.

In 2020, they welcomed their first child together, Adejare Kosoko.

In a recent radio interview on Beat 99.9FM, Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, who goes by ‘Simi’, disclosed that her husband’s initial attempts at getting to know her were unsuccessful.

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It turns out he had tried to get her attention by camping in her Facebook messages, which she did not see until several years later.

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She recounted how they eventually met at one of her concerts and how Gold’s “niceness” made her accept dating him months later.

Simi disclosed this in a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos.

The ‘Stranger’ crooner said they dated for five years before finally getting married in 2019.

She said, “In the gospel community, I was pretty well known. And he [Adekunle Gold] had heard my album at that time as well.

“He has been reaching out to me on Facebook, DMing me on Facebook. But I didn’t see those DMs until we started dating.

“I don’t remember how we eventually linked up again. I had a show Bogobiri, and he turned up. He was very slim at that time with white BYC and jeans. He came to see me perform. I was like, ‘Oh hey! He was like, ‘Oh! I’m such a fan.’ And I was like, ‘Okay!’ [laughs].

“I don’t know, he must have been persistent because there is a friendship that came out from there. I thought he was a really nice guy. We became friends and later that year, he asked me out.

“I mean, as much as I was sounding like all that, I still didn’t really have nothing. He was a nice guy and I was like, ‘Okay, I don’t mind a nice guy’ [laughs].”