Popular skit maker and actress Bukunmi Adeaga Ilori, better known as Kie Kie, has revealed that she was already living with her husband, Tunji Ilori, before they got married. In a recent episode of her podcast, Toke Moments, Kiekie opened up to media personality Toke Makinwa.
According to Kie Kie, their decision to cohabit prior to marriage was primarily due to her house rent expiring several months before their planned wedding date. As her rent was set to expire in September, and their wedding was scheduled for January, she found herself unable to renew her lease, which led to the unusual living arrangement. The mother of one, she was a member of her church choir when she and her husband were cohabiting in the same house despite the fact that they had not yet married, and the church was unaware.
She said: “My husband and I started living together before we got married because my [house] rent was already due. My rent was due in September, and we were going to get married in January, I couldn't renew my rent. And we had done our introduction by then. The church wasn’t aware that we were already living together. I was even singing in the church choir then.”