His goal was to ensure that his wife would be the first lady he fell in love with. A true loverboy from the beginning.
The Nigerian artist Johnny Drille has said that before meeting his wife Rima Tahini, he had never been in a romantic relationship.
In an interview for her Gold Room with Iyabo Ojo show, the singer revealed this to actress Iyabo Ojo. Regarding the beginning of their romance, Drille revealed that Tahini was employed by Mavin Records when he first met her in 2018 at one of his performances.
Drille emphasized that he knew immediately after their second meeting, when they started conversing, that she was the one for him. At that moment, he revealed that, although he was 28 at the time, he had never dated before meeting her.
But the singer laughed and playfully dodged the topic when she inquired if he had been a virgin before he met her. He never had a girlfriend, but when it came time to keep his business quiet, he certainly knew how to do it.
“The first time I saw her was at one of my shows in 2018. She was sitting in the front row next to a white woman. At some point, I thought both of them were white. She is mixed race.”
“So, when I was working on another show in Abuja, we got talking. We met in October, and by January, I knew I was going to marry her. And I told her I was going to marry her. For me, it was a deep conviction. A lot of people will not believe this, but she was my first girlfriend. I never had a girlfriend before her. I married the first woman that I said ‘I love you’ to, and I always wanted it to be that way; it doesn’t have to be that way for everyone
Notably, Drille maintained the privacy of his relationship from the beginning to the end, including on their wedding day. In addition, the pair wed in secret in 2022 and kept it a secret until July 2023, when they celebrated their one year anniversary.
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Many Nigerians were shocked to learn of the announcement because they had no idea he was even dating, much less married, for a full year. Though not much was known about their relationship, his admirers are at least aware of how and when they first met.
