"Linda Ikeji Kept Begging Me After We Broke Up" --Dan Foster

In a recent interview with Punch, popular Nigerian-based American
On-Air Personality Dan Foster talked about his affair with popular
blogger Linda Ikeji, why his 16year old son is into weed and more.

Read below:

Do you have regrets coming down here?

The only regret I had was that in 1999, I had a son in the US. I had
to go to my dad and I told him, 'Dad, I think I like my job more than
being married now. I would do anything for that job but then, I just
met this woman and she just had a baby for me.' He is now 16. I was
mad at him last year. My ex sent me some of his pictures and I knew he
was doing drugs. He had everybody fooled as if he was a cool kid. I
feel so guilty because I am sitting here making all the money and I
didn't spend time with him. You have to spend time with your kids or
you would lose them. Sometimes I would call him and he wouldn't have
anything to say. I would ask him how he was doing and he would just
say 'fine.' I would scold him and tell him to say something more than
one word. I would tell him to ask me questions and he would say he
didn't know what to say.

Did you ever smoke weed?

Yes. I remember one time I smoked weed and my father came in and asked
me, 'what is that stupid look on your face? You must have been smoking
that stupid stuff because you look so stupid!' I never smoked it
again. But I was even 18. But my son was 14 when he started smoking
weed. I was so pissed with his mum because she didn't even know what
he was doing. Now, I am trying to get his head together and make sure
he does well in school. My only pain is that I needed to have been
there for this kid. But I have three kids now and I love them to
death.

Was your absence the major reason he did drugs?

I could have communicated more with him. He needs a role model. I
spoke to my ex's new guy and I asked him why he didn't watch over him.
He said he tried to talk to him. I told him I was annoyed with them. I
told him I would have watched over the kid and found out who he was
hanging out with. He told me he was hanging out with a white kid. But
he is doing better now. He is communicating with me now.

Why did you marry a Nigerian?

My father told me that my ex had moved on. In fact, he told me then
that she looked heavy. I asked what he meant and I was told she was
pregnant. I knew she had really moved on. But then, I didn't marry
again till almost four or five years later. I was taking my time after
that. It wasn't something I wanted to jump into. But then, I did have
so many options.

We knew you had options including Linda Ikeji

Oh yeah! I remember Linda asking me what she did wrong. She went on
and on. My wife always tries to delete her number no matter how I tag
it on my phone. She would always figure the number out and she would
find out what I use to code it. My wife is so strong and she is the
right woman. I love her because she didn't know who I was when I met
her at the theatre. She still didn't know who I was for almost two
weeks after. We just had a great conversation. My sister kept asking
me how I would find somebody that would love me for who I am. I put my
wife to that test. She didn't know me. It was two weeks later that
people in her office asked her if she knew who her boyfriend was and
they told her. She told them she didn't know and she hadn't even heard
me on radio.

But Linda is doing well now; don't you feel you should have married her?

She is a nice kid. I hope she is able to find someone but she has to
find the right person. She is really into what she is doing. She is an
honest kid. I thought I wasn't good enough for her. I kept asking her
why me. But she was really into me. I couldn't believe it. I took her
for granted. I felt she could always find a fine model on the runway.
But she was so really serious about me. She was in love with me. But
it didn't work out...