Sarkodie impregnated me, refused to accept responsibility – Actress Yvonne Nelson Reveals (Detail)

Among the revelations in her book ‘I Am Not Yvonne Nelson’ which was released days ago, Yvonne stated that her decision to terminate a pregnancy was because the man who put her in that situation refused to accept responsibility on the basis that he had another girlfriend.

Excerpt from Yvonne Nelson’s book;

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 laugh 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 leaving with his mother and he was not ready to carry a burden while he was being carried by his mother.

I wouldn’t call what he 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 gateway from all the unpleasant things life threw at me. So, I liked his talent. We started talking and got closer……..

The first thing that hit me when he said no to keeping the pregnancy was my own life. I had grown 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 by mistake. 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 further recalled finally succeeding in ab%rting the pregnancy but said it is “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”.