Tonto Dikeh Clarifies Rumoured Hug With   Churchill At Andre’s Birthday

<p>Tonto Dikeh Clarifies Rumoured  Hug With   Churchill At Andre&&num;8217&semi;s Birthday<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that rumours swirled online after a video from Tonto Dikeh’s son’s football-themed birthday party showed her hugging a man&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Netizens quickly jumped to conclusions&comma; claiming she was embracing ex-husband Olakunle Churchill&comma; and questioning how his current wife&comma; Rosy Meurer&comma; might react&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tonto Dikeh quickly put the rumors to rest&period; The man in the footage&comma; she explained&comma; was Churchill’s uncle&comma; who has been like family to her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is completely inappropriate and inaccurate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is Churchill’s uncle and&comma; by extension&comma; my uncle as well&period; My son was born in his home&comma; under his care and protection&period; His wife&comma; Aunty Vivian&comma; was the one who took me to the hospital when I went into labor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They opened their home to me for six months&period; In a country as demanding as America&comma; they made sure my baby and I were cared for&comma; feeding us&comma; clothing us&comma; and giving us a safe roof over our heads&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They did this out of love&comma; with no hesitation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This narrative is deeply disrespectful to him&comma; to me&comma; and to our families&period; I would appreciate more thoughtfulness and sensitivity moving forward&comma; please&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dikeh’s response emphasizes the deep family bonds and support that helped her through the early months of her son’s life&period; She called on the public to exercise caution before spreading misleading narratives online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;