Ghanaian socialite and media personality Diamond Michelle Gbagonah, popularly known as Michy, has opened up on her understanding of love, saying she thought she had fallen in love when she was young until she later found out that it was lust.
Talking about the concept of love in an interview with Kwame Dadzie, the former girlfriend of dancehall artiste Shatta Wale said real love thrives in the wake of challenges.
She said that sometimes people may believe they are in love but eventually come to realise they are not.
“I feel I have [fallen in love before] but I was young. And from my perception today I can say it was more a duty of care and probably lust.
We have to be real with ourselves. I feel a lot of people are in sexual relationships and they are hooked but when it comes to the actual scandals and crisis of the relationship, they can’t stand but love withstands those things. So are we in love with each other or we are just enjoying the coitus,” she said.
When she was seventeen (17), Michy began dating the dancehall artist Shatta Wale, with whom she later had Majesty.
However, a few years later, their union started to crumble.
She recalls that despite their breakup, she still believes that Shatta Wale and she would be better off as friends or business associates.
“The relationship I have with Shatta Wale, it’s gonna be difficult to create that kind of relationship with another person. We are more like best friends. He is like my brother,” she told Delay in an interview 7 years ago.
Michy had also admitted to Delay that it was Shatta Wale’s wild and contentious persona that drew her to him. She even sneaked away from home to go live with the dancehall musician for several weeks when she first met him.
She claimed that when she was a child, her mother was very strict with her. Even the first boy she dated was arrested by her.
The “Hustle” singer is currently looking for a partner who will support her through life’s ups and downs and who will understand her.