Multiple award-winning actress, Yvonne Nelson has dropped a bombshell in her new book, “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson.”
The entrepreneur in her memoir, opens up about her decision to terminate a pregnancy she conceived with renowned rapper Sarkodie, highlighting the uncertain future and existing commitments that influenced her decision.
The actress in the book openly expresses remorse for her decision, describing it as one of her most regrettable mistakes. She shares her inner turmoil and the series of emotions she went through during this difficult period.
According to Yvonne, she confided in Sarkodie after receiving the positive pregnancy test result. However, Sarkodie admitted that he was not prepared to become a father at that time.
“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. 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 writes in the book.
Yvonne added that the relationship between her and Sarkodie was not anything “serious.”
“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,” parts of the book read.
According to Yvonne, Sarkodie was not ready to be a father, so she had to take the painful decision to abort the baby.
“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.”
The decision to terminate the pregnancy weighed heavily on Nelson’s heart, as she reflected on her own experience growing up without a father figure.
“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,” she narrated.
Nelson reveals that she went through with the abortion, but she refers to it as one of the most regrettable mistakes of her life. In hindsight, she expresses a bittersweet sentiment, stating, “One of the most regrettable mistakes in my life. If the clock of life could be rewound to my younger self, I would keep it.”
