Sophia Momodu opens up about the mockery she faced after her pregnancy with Davido and how she finally found her voice again.
Imagine the whole world knowing your business, but somehow, you’re the only one who never gets to speak on it. That’s basically what Sophia Momodu says her life felt like for years.
You probably know her as Davido’s baby mama, the mother of his first daughter, Imade. But before all that, she was a pastor’s daughter from a home where getting pregnant outside marriage just wasn’t something people talked about. So when it happened to her, and with one of Africa’s biggest music stars, the whole thing blew up in a way she never expected.
Speaking at a panel on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Sophia finally broke it down for herself. “I was mocked. It was crazy,” she said, describing how brutal that season of her life was.
Here’s the thing though. It wasn’t just the pregnancy that hurt. It was everything that came after, the whispers, the judgment, and somehow losing her own voice in a story that was supposed to be hers. “I was famous, I was popular, but I didn’t have a voice,” she admitted.
She even shared something her aunt once told her, that someone had advised the family to keep quiet because it “wasn’t a topic Black women are allowed to talk about.” Can you imagine carrying that kind of silence for years?
But somewhere along the line, Sophia decided enough was enough. She started speaking about her experience openly, even going on radio in South Africa to share her story. And that’s when something shifted.
Women started reaching out. Not just fans, but real women telling her, “listen, it happened to me too.” Suddenly, the thing that once made her feel isolated became something that connected her to so many others going through the same silence.
That moment changed how she saw everything. She’s since opened up about battling postpartum depression after having Imade, and channelled a lot of that pain into something bigger, her Precious Jewels Foundation, which supports women and children.
Honestly, this UN speech told us more about who Sophia really is than any headline about Davido ever has. It wasn’t about the custody drama or the DNA tests everyone remembers. It was about a woman who got tired of being talked about and decided to talk for herself instead.
And maybe that’s the real story here, not the scandal, but the comeback.
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