By Dipo Olowookere
Mr Femi Afolabi-Brown has finally reacted to the comments made on Wednesday morning by his wife, Mrs Morayo Afolabi-Brown, on the popular breakfast show she anchors on TVC, Your View, which have generated heated reactions among Nigerians.
The TV presenter had said, “I absolutely trust my husband but I won’t take chances and have him bathe my daughter, because whether we like it or not, there is something flying in the air these days that is encouraging imbalance and immoralities.”
But after she was lambasted by Nigerians for her remarks, she used the same platform to apologise to her husband on Friday morning, saying in tears that, “The last 24 hours have been tougher than I expected. My sincere apologies to my husband. I love, trust and respect you! It was an error and I’m really sorry!
“It was not my intention. I love, trust and respect you.
“You do not deserve all the horrible things people have said about you.”
While reacting to the issue late Friday night, Mr Afolabi-Brown said, “You need not fret about what my wife said on TV. My wife never in any way suggested I was a child molester. She stated her trust in her husband, then said she wouldn’t allow her husband bath her daughters. Then the most negative of souls twisted her statements and ran with it. But if you notice, the enlightened ones among the commenters understood her message and agreed with her.
“Well, here is my take. I tell my daughters never to let any man put them on his laps, or touch them in certain places, or hold them in certain ways, or even see their nakedness. I personally extended those rules to myself to reinforce the teaching. That is the modus operandi I have chosen in raising my own daughters. My wife merely spoke on TV as if she made those rules. Her mistake.
“In a nutshell, as long as my wife or a female person is available, I shall never bath any of my daughters. Why should I, for God’s sake? Others can be doing that in their own houses, but not in my house.”
Modupe Gbadeyanka 
Adedapo Adesanya
She may risk her marriage without an apology. Apology costs nothing but buys a great deal.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR HER TO HAVE APOLOGISED. IT IS SO VERY GOOD THAT MR AFOLABI UNDERSTANDS HIS WIFE’S MISSIONARY STATEMENT AND ITS BIGGEST PICTURE/PURPOSE. I AM WITH OPINION THAT ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, NO FATHER SHOULD BATH HIS AND OR OTHERS’ FEMALE CHILD/REN, AND NO MOTHER SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BATH HERS AND OR OTHERS’ MALE CHILD/REN; LAW OF ATTRACTION/INTIMACY CHEMISTRY AND AGE OF INNOCENCE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES; OR HAS THROWN OUT THE WINDOW BY ROMANTIC FEELINGS. REMEMBER THAT “ADAM” SHARED HIS WIFE “EVE” WITH THEIR CHILDREN? “MARRY WHO YOU LOVE” IS NOT AN EMPTY SPEECH. SOME CHILDREN OFTEN IDEALISE INTIMACY WITH THEIR PARENTS AND FALL VICTIMS TO IRRESPONSIBLE PREDATORS. SO, IT IS BEST TO INSTIL PRINCIPLES AND VALUE FROM DAY ONE; RATHER THAN BE TIMID AND LEAVE YOUR CHILD/REN TO ONLY CHANCES AND GOODLUCK HOPEFUL WISHES. PRIVACY AND CARE FOR THE PHYSIQUE/BODY/PHYSICAL, MIND, SOUL, SPIRIT, RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF, OTHERS, ENVIRONMENT, AND PUBLIC: IS VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF EDUCATION THAT MANY PARENTS/GUARDIANS/FOSTERS CARERS, IGNORE/NEGLECT/SHY AWAY FROM; WHICH ROB AND WEAKEN SOME CHILD/REN. IT IS GLOBAL TOPIC, AND SO MUST BE DISCUSSED PUBLICLY.