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Sunday 17 April 2016

My secret marriage to Idris- US lawyer who became Idris Elba's second wife..

Just a few weeks ago, Idris Elba walked out on Naiyana Garth, the British mother of his two-year-old son. Now the second wife he secretly married and divorced, Sonya Hamlin has stepped forward with a story of her own.
Hamlin is a property lawyer whom Elba was married to for just a fe weeks before, he told her that he couldn't continue being married to her because she would get in the way of his career. She said:

‘People were telling him he was going to ruin his career'. ‘He was being told it was an important part of his image to be a single sex symbol in Hollywood and being married would damage that'.
‘It was very sad. Idris and I were madly in love, but he was getting a lot of flak for being married. Everyone was like, “Dude, you’re the hottest sex symbol!”
‘“It wasn’t the right look”, that’s what they were telling him. I wanted to save the marriage.’ 
The two had met in 2006 after Idris had been divorced from his first wife and had already made a name for himself in the US, through his role on The Wire. However, Hamlin said she was a good catch either. She said she was an accomplished and ambitious lawyer, and seemed to represent the better life to which Elba, who was born in a Hackney tower block, aspired.
 

'I didn’t really know who he was,’ says Sonya, who studied law in London and Washington. ‘My friend just said he was a really nice guy. He wasn’t a superstar back then. Living in Maryland I was vaguely familiar with The Wire, but I didn’t know who he was. 
‘We met at a crowded gathering with a few other people,’ she recalls. ‘But we hit it off. We meshed very well. He’s not shy and neither am I, and we fell very much in love with each other.’
After a whirlwind romance, they moved in together in Maryland.
‘We went on normal dates – dinner, movies – and we used to have fun in the house,’ she says.
‘We used to co-ordinate our outfits when we dressed. And he was a very good cook. If we woke on a Sunday morning we might go out to brunch, or stay at home and make breakfast. Idris loved eggs and porridge, or would cook Jamaican food: he loved aki and saltfish.
‘He’s a homebody. He didn’t like to be out at night. He loves to watch TV, and listen to music. We were very casual. We’d lounge around in jeans and a T-shirt.’
Then on April 8, 2006, they jetted off to Las Vegas, Nevada, to watch the Floyd Mayweather Jnr vs Zab Judah boxing match. It was there that Idris persuaded Sonya to elope for a secret marriage the following day.
‘We didn’t go to Vegas with plans on getting married,’ she says. ‘We were just chilling on sun-loungers early in the day by the pool. I was drinking a Mimosa, and we were talking, and were both in a great mood.
‘We had talked about marriage before and how we would want to keep it plain and simple.
‘We had been together several months already, and knew it was right. We were both madly in love by then, and we were like, “Let’s just do it!” We were both excited. It was a mutual decision. As far as we were concerned, we were going to spend the rest of our lives together.’
The went to a jewellery store in the hotel where they were staying. ‘He got me a beautiful diamond ring,’ she says.
‘We picked it and it was not cheap. He was generous.’ Then they went to the courthouse where they picked a marriage license then got married at a wedding chapel.
She believes Elba was also swayed by his friends who felt that he should have a bombshell young starlet by his side, rather than a property lawyer, who looked ordinary.
 
Only six weeks after tying the knot, Elba decided he wanted to end it all. Sonya sighs:
‘Some people used to say, “Why her?” That’s what they were telling him. It used to upset him. He was like, “Why don’t people just let me be happy?”
‘I couldn’t understand how it would damage his career because I saw actors like Denzel Washington be successfully married. But I don’t think those actors’ wives are running law firms.’
She said she has since moved on and wishes him well.
 

Source: Daily Mail

34 comments:

Unknown said...

Dunno why I should be interested in his personal life.. Everyone knows when fame sets in, people will start misbehaving. Next Biko!!!

Pretty face said...

Hmmmmm, family palava

Unknown said...

Sorry thats the life of a hot boy,ladies be attracted, admire acquire but don't be stupid never fall in love!, i'm so happy she got over him tho

Davido's driver said...

This old woman dinor see husband since?

Unknown said...

All this Celeb with the crazy life they live eh.

Dedy Akas Website said...

Oh... Congratulation...

Unknown said...

Hmm.

Unknown said...

Hmmm...celebrities are very selfish, we all know that. Idris player number one.

Unknown said...

Uhmmm that so bad of him, letting people mouth run his life. But I still like him anyway

Eddy Ogbunambala said...

Awww it's well

Unknown said...

Hmmmmmmmmm issorite!

Unknown said...

Gd 4 dem
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

Unknown said...

Abeg make una leave Alba alone. He is for everyone mbok. Linda take note!

chommy said...

I think if he is really in luv with u, he will stay despite wht people r saying, he Is d 1 marrying u nt people. Linda observe!

Unknown said...

Ok o

Anonymous said...

So he is single? Or has married a third wife? Or is having a bombshell NOW? What is the present status?
The story is old by the WAY

Anonymous said...

Idris elba was a yoruba boyin his former life. Awon aburo Ne-yo

Anonymous said...

Idris obviously likes wifely simple looking ladies but he needs to learn to stand up for who he loves and stop being cowardly. Look at Pierce Brosnans wife. Who sexy wife epp?

Anonymous said...

She's moved on. Shikena! I was going to say a lot of other things until I read that part.

PETE... said...

CHAI...IDRIS BUT MAKA Y ?

Unknown said...

Hehehe... he is a serial husband it seems, hope he wasn't a bigamist at any point cos it will have legal ramifications.

tb said...

Now dey r telling him that his a sex symbol, same way they told Michael jackson that he wont sell if he remained black. Ok o. Kwantinu

Unknown said...

Yeah, undue influence from his team. A real disaster when its all about the money and fame and nothing else should get in the way. It cost many their life's happiness. Seems like all the ex-wives are doing alright. You never know there could be a reunion for the Lawyer and him in future.

Dan said...

Chai this love ehn

Yetty k said...

Eeyah.she s stil in love wit him

Unknown said...

Okay...


#FINEST

Unknown said...

Story for the gods...

Unknown said...

Good for them

Adaobilinda her sexcellency said...

What's hot about him? U seeing ur self as hottest guy in Hollywood n not caring for ur wife / wives self n son Oma sheoo

Unknown said...

Nawa oo. Ndo. More Instagram followers for you

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Unknown said...

Eyaa!

Nad says said...

Women Idris can not settle down take ur eyes off him.

Unknown said...

Their biz jare. The heat over here is killing

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