Why my Swedish wife divorced me because of Covid lockdown – May D

• May D has opened up on his crashed marriage with his Swedish wife some years ago.
• The singer who has been quite vocal about different aspects of his life, this time opened up on his divorce.
• May D disclosed that the Covid-19 lockdown unfortunately played a significant role in ending his marriage.

Nigerian singer, Akinmayokun Awodumila, popularly known as May D, has opened up about his secret marriage to a Swedish woman and eventual divorce.

The ‘Soundtrack’ crooner revealed that after relocating from Nigeria, he became a “house husband” in Sweden but got divorced during the COVID-19 lockdown for being stuck in Nigeria.

During a recent episode of The Honest Bunch podcast, May D revealed that he was staying at home in Sweden to take care of his child.

The singer shared that despite not working, he was earning more from shows than his working-class wife was earning. He said:

“I went to Sweden for a show but decided to settle down there since my girlfriend was Swedish. I was a house husband. What do you want me to do? I should go and work?

“My wife was working but when I go for show, I make five times what she earn in a month. I was a house husband but I was comfortable. I had my baby, my wife can’t be the one taking care of the baby and working at the same time.”

On what led to their divorce, May D said:

“We got divorced during COVID-19 because I got stuck in Nigeria. That was how she divorced me. You know they think different from us.”

Meanwhile, May D recounted how he fell out with the legendary but defunct group, Psquare.

On the same podcast, the 40 year old singer disclosed that they didn’t even want to sign him to the record label in the first instance and he faced a lot of difficulties during his time at the label.

He opened up on how the Okoye brothers sabotaged a deal he could have had with Akon.

Amongst other issues he recalled, May D revealed he was so broke during at the time that he had no bank account.