Media personality Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, has disclosed that he would opt for termination if his 16-year-old daughter were to become pregnant.
The father of two made the revelation during a conversation on The Honest Bunch Podcast with his co-anchor, Zinnie Posh.
When Zinnie asked, “What would you do if your 16-year-old daughter got pregnant?”
Daddy Freeze’s immediate reaction was to dismiss the possibility, insisting that his daughter “can never be pregnant.” Still, he eventually walked through how he might handle such a situation.
According to him, his first concern would be finding out who was responsible. Next, he bluntly added, “when and where are we removing it?” When Zinnie pressed him on the meaning of “removing it,” he explained that a teenager making such a mistake should not be further burdened with the responsibility of raising a child.
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He said, “the pregnancy would be terminated. At such a young age, it would be unfair for my daughter to take on the responsibility of raising a child”.
“For me, a mistake at such a young age shouldn’t be compounded by raising a child while still a teenager”. He added
He argued that keeping the baby would simply mean another mistake, though he clarified that he would respect his daughter’s personal choice if she insisted.
When asked what would happen if his daughter insisted on keeping the pregnancy, he responded, “After what I do to her, she won’t even want to keep it.”
Unsurprisingly, his comments sparked mixed reactions on social media. While some condemned his remarks as extreme and authoritarian, others defended them as a realistic attempt to shield young girls from the difficulties of early motherhood.