This archive report was first published on 18 December 2019.
December 18, 2019, was a day Nairobi Diaries actress Bridget Achieng opened up about the harsh realities of motherhood as a single parent.
Despite having wealth and fame, Bridget confessed that her child does not grow up the same way without a second parent.
During an interview with Radio Jambo's Massawe Japanni, Bridget shared her emotional struggles as a single mother.
'We can sit here and lie. Sometimes my friends visit and my son wants to go with them. I can never be his father. And that is why at some point I break down,' Bridget said.
However, Bridget revealed that she has opened doors for her baby daddy to return, not for her sake, but for the sake of their son's upbringing.
'If his father decided to come back and take care of the kids I will appreciate,' Bridget said.
Bridget's baby daddy left her due to her mental health issues, which still affect her perception of love.
'He messed me mentally and even when a man tells me he loves me nowadays I do not believe it. Only time will tell,' Bridget said.
Despite the distance, Bridget's baby daddy remains the father to her child, and she has accepted that.
'Hatujaachana because he will always be the father to my son. He left social media because he was badly trolled for how he treated me. Our paths were just different,' Bridget said.
Bridget also shared her journey to becoming a mother, revealing that it took her five years to get pregnant.
'By 29 I had no kids so I started asking myself ´29 is here, I have no baby and my mum also wants a grand kid, what do I do?´Before I learnt I was pregnant, I started feeling funny, I took three pregnancy tests and they all turned out positive. I then decided to go to a hospital and got the confirmation that I was one month pregnant,' Bridget said.
