Toke Makinwa, a media personality, novelist, and businesswoman, is no stranger to speaking her truth.
In a recent episode of the Tea with Tay podcast, the 40-year-old, who is well-known for her openness and daring lifestyle, talked candidly about her own experience with cosmetic surgery, her self-perception, and the reality of being childless and unmarried at 40.
Even in the face of extreme life decisions, the divorced diva revealed that she feels her connection with God is one of understanding, grace, and humor.
“God is amused by me. I honestly want to be a fly on a wall in heaven when I get there. I think God loves me so much because I crack him up. I wake up today and decide to bleach my skin, then after a while I say to myself, ‘I’m bored of bleaching my skin, I’m going back to my natural colour.’ God understands and gives me so much grace,” she explained.
“Then again, I wake up another morning and decide that I want to be curvy, so I go ahead and have surgery to make my butts bigger… and he permits me. When I get to heaven old and grey, I believe that when my tape is played, all the heavenly beings would burst into laughter. They would know I lived my life.”
In her discussion on the challenges of being single and childless at forty, Toke Makinwa exposed a reality that many women keep to themselves.
“Turning 40, childless and unmarried—that’s not exactly where I wanted to be,” she said. “If I had gotten married five years ago, I think I would be divorced again. The growth keeps happening. I’m not done yet with myself.”
