Bukunmi Adeaga Ilori, better known as Kie Kie, is a well-known actress and skit creator who has admitted that she was already living with her husband, Tunji Ilori, before they got married.

Her house rent was up months before their wedding, she claimed, so she made the choice.

The single mother made this disclosure while appearing as a guest on the most recent TokeMoments podcast, which is hosted by Toke Makinwa.

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. So, I can’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.”

She claimed that at first, she feared getting married, but after numerous prayers, she eventually did.

The Daily Post recalls that Kie Kie and her husband got married in February 2020 and welcomed their first child, a girl named Oluwashonaolami Olori, in November 2022.