Being a celebrity in Kenya is a lot of work. Your art alone cannot make you influential. You must share a snippet of your personal life so that we walk the journey with you either by commending or attacking you. I think this is why celebrities do not shy away from showing us their love life.
Well, I must agree that love-based content sells. The only problem is that we become your online in-laws whether you like it. We become a part of a relationship meant for two, and we feel entitled to meddle with it whenever we feel like it.
Interestingly, there is a caliber of celebrities who do not enjoy this trend. They will try as much as possible to keep us away from their businesses by not revealing their dating until they officialize their relationships.
Most digital platforms have not focused on this group, and that is why the Mkenya Leo team took upon its duty to present to the celebrities who trended the most when they ‘cheza chini.”
DJ Mo and Size 8 Reborn
Hey, generation Z, before Size 8 Reborn was saved, she was Size 8, and she was giving us vidonge! Then she met DJ Mo, who was a DJ at The Cross Over Gospel Show on NTV. DJ Mo fell in love with Size 8 but had a problem with her secularism. So, he slowly started to teach his dream girl the ‘ways of the lord’ until she became born again.
Then, they started dating, but the public had no idea. They decided to disclose that Size 8 was no longer the daughter of the world through her Gospel hit song Mateke. As we were digesting the reformed Size 8, they decided to drop a bombshell that they were not only dating but were also officially married.
Weeh! Anyway, we accepted that we had been left hanging, and the couple was good-looking (it still is)!
Pascal Tokodi and Grace Ekirapa
I tell you, these ones killed it! We had no idea they even knew each other, let alone being romantically involved. We just saw Grace featuring in Pascal’s You video acting like Pascal’s lover. They even wedded in the video, and we were not alarmed because we thought they were only acting for the video.
Kumbe, they were enacting a real-life situation. The couple had dated for months and married without us knowing! They just started to post each other on their walls, showing the shocked us their lavi davi.
Anyway, we also accepted the couple, and we can’t wait for the couple to receive their bundle of joy this April.
Jackie Matubia and Blessing Lung’aho (Madiba)
These ones decided to take their acting skills to the next level. In Citizen TV’s Zora drama series, they acted as Nana and Mandiba, a couple in a dysfunctional relationship. Despite the dysfunctionality, they get pregnant.
Jackie was expecting a baby in real life but had refused to reveal her baby daddy. We were left guessing the possible daddy, and I am sure none of us thought it could be Blessing.
Well, Jackie decided to surprise us by showing us a video of her baby bump shoot that revealed Blessing as her child’s father.
Arrow Boy and Nadia Mukami
Severally, African pop star Nadia Mukami disclosed that she is in a serious relationship. At some point, we doubted that her fellow musician Arrow Boy could be the lucky man, but Nadia denied it, claiming that they were good friends.
Nothing stays secret under the sun; thus, the couple was forced to reveal their relationship when rumors intensified. The couple now has a son, and we have already accepted that they dated behind our back.
