Comedian Nasra Yusuf talks about bitter fallout with husband

By Wanja Waweru

Comedian Nasra Yusuf has stated that she and filmmaker Rashid Abdalla are divorcing just one year after their secret wedding

Nasra sent her best wishes for her ex-husband in a message on her Instagram, adding that he deserved to be content and in a better relationship.

“So yes I’m single….anyone who knows me knows I have fought for that relationship. I lost touch of family because of it, I lost myself and my career I lost friends because of it, I got constant criticism from my community because of it but I was still willing to make it work even though the roots of our problems were the same year in year out for 5 years.”

The comedian from the Churchill Show said, “I cried myself to sleep, I broke down several times in front of friends and complete strangers, I was in denial, I had so much regret, but I finally accepted that it was time to close that chapter. She has had extremely low moments, so moving on has not been easy for me.

Hijab wearing Nasra cracked the crowd during the Comedy Queens stand up show hosted at the KICC on March 01, 2019. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU

Nasra posted a lovely photo of herself holding a dipstick, a tool used by women to test for pregnancy at home, shortly after the couple revealed they were expecting their first child

However, they would eventually admit that they had already lost the baby before learning its gender.

In a post, the comedienne shared, “Loosing my little angel before I even met him/her makes it even harder to process. I was way too excited for this journey, I had everything, from the name, to the sort of life he/she would have all figured out in my mind..ooh how I wish I just saw your little face my baby.”