{"id":191308,"date":"2025-10-05T09:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T09:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/191308\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T09:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T09:57:08","slug":"why-i-dropped-my-father-name-temi-otedola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/191308\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I dropped my father name &#8211; Temi Otedola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Temi Otedola, the daughter of billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, has revealed why she chose to take her husband\u2019s name after marrying singer Mr Eazi.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with BBC Pidgin, Temi explained that the decision was driven by her new status as a married woman.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasised her respect for women who choose to maintain their maiden names, highlighting the importance of individual choice.<\/p>\n<p>Temi also spoke about the value of keeping her relationship private, allowing her to build her own narrative and share it when she\u2019s ready. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m now a married woman, the obvious thing for me is to take my husband\u2019s name. But it\u2019s my personal choice. I also respect a woman\u2019s ability to choose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving in silence allows you to build the story you want and share it when and how you\u2019re ready,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>This approach, Temi said, enables her to maintain control over her story and avoid external pressures.<\/p>\n<p>Their romantic journey began with a civil ceremony in Monaco, followed by a traditional Yoruba wedding in Dubai, and culminated in a white wedding in Iceland\u2019s picturesque landscapes.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Temi Otedola, the daughter of billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, has revealed why she chose to take her husband\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,121154],"class_list":{"0":"post-191308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-temi-otedola"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}