After much speculation about the huge age difference between her and her husband, in a video posted on Instagram on Sunday, 25 June, Young, Famous & African star Zari Hassan finally revealed her and her husband’s age and explained why her passport indicates that she is older than she claims.

 

 

Zari Hassan tied the knot to Ugandan professional boxer Shakib Cham Lutaaya, Briefly reported. And, pictures of their low-key traditional Muslim wedding did the rounds on social media earlier this year. It was not the first time Hassan said her I dos as she was said to have previously been married to Ugandan socialite Ivan Semwanga whom she has three children with, Pinto, Dido, and George Semwanga. Their marriage was said to have only lasted 12 years before he died from a heart-related problems in 2017.

She then found herself in the arms of Tanzanian musician Diamond Platnumz—real name Naseeb Abdul Juma Issack. They were said to have dated for a few years and also welcomed two children, Latifah Dangote and Prince Nillan Dangote.

In a video seen on Instagram recently, Hassan can be heard shutting down rumours that her current husband is young enough to be her “child”. In her defence, the reality TV star can be heard saying,

“Nobody can take away my age. I was born on 23rd September 1980. My family knows that, my mother, my parents, my siblings, and the people I went to school with…”

“I was born in 1980 and my man is 30,” she added.