Tope Alabi opens up about family approval and support for career, says mother checked her virginity every three months

In a recent interview with the Punch, the singer reveals her mother checked her virginity every three months before she got married especially whenever she returns from movie locations. She also maintains that her family approved and supported her music career

Excerpts: from the interview Punchng:

“Yes, my mother supported my career because she was also a singer. She always sang around the house. She believed that one didn’t have to be immoral simply because she is a singer. Other members of my family were not pleased with my music career but my mother never took offence.

“She taught me that a female shouldn’t be too close to men. For example, I was never bathed at the same time with my male siblings. My mother used to check if my virginity was intact every three months interval before I got married; especially whenever I returned from movie locations.

When I newly got married to my husband, we went to the National Theatre in Lagos to watch a movie and actors like Yinka Quadri, Ebun Oloyede, among others were there. When they saw my husband, they congratulated him and told him that he had chosen a good and exemplary wife.

That made my husband quite happy. My mum was very strict and she never spared the rod. She also showed me a lot of motherly love.”

(Punch)