Actor and filmmaker Lateef Adedimeji has shared the humorous story of how he proposed to his wife, Bimpe Oyebade-Adedimeji, in a recent interview with Chude.
He revealed that Mo Bimpe thought he was joking when he proposed over the phone.
According to Lateef, Mo Bimpe’s initial hesitation was due to his Islamic faith, as she feared her father would not approve.
“I called her and told her I wanted to ask her something, then I told her I wanted to marry her. She was just joking, like, ‘What is doing this one? Get out! I can’t marry a Muslim; are you okay? My daddy won’t even hear that”, he said.
He recounted how he arranged to meet Mo Bimpe’s father and asked for her hand in marriage.
After promising to take care of his daughter, Mo Bimpe’s father agreed to the union.
“Then I told her that we’d go see her dad, and I’d speak to him and calm him down. So we went to her village during one of their masquerade festivals, and towards the end, I asked to see her dad. I promised him that I’d take care of his daughter, and he said he’d pray and get back to me, and that was it”, he said.
The couple had consistently denied being in a romantic relationship before their wedding, but Lateef revealed that they dated for about three months before tying the knot.
“The proposal wasn’t planned because we just dated for like two, three months and then we got married”, he added.
Lateef and Mo Bimpe got married in December 2021, with a traditional wedding in Ekiti State and a Nikkai ceremony in Lagos State.
