I won’t leave my wife if she cheats on me – Seun Kuti

Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has said he would not walk away from his marriage if his wife, Yetunde, cheated on him, arguing that infidelity alone should not determine whether a relationship survives.

Kuti made the remarks while discussing marriage and relationship deal-breakers during an appearance with his wife on TVC’s Your View. The comments, originally made in 2024, have resurfaced online and reignited debate about fidelity, trust and the expectations placed on marriage.

Asked whether he would leave his wife if she was unfaithful, Kuti responded: “If my wife cheats on me, I won’t leave her because it doesn’t mean anything.”

He went on to question what he described as the attitude of some African men towards infidelity.

“African men are forming as if cheating isn’t a normal thing in a relationship.”

Kuti's position is rooted in his broader argument that love should not be treated as ownership. In the earlier interview, he questioned the idea of defining a relationship entirely around whether a partner has been unfaithful.

His wife, Yetunde, expressed a similarly uncompromising view during the same discussion, saying she would not leave her husband simply because he cheated.

“There is nothing my husband is going to do that would make me leave him. Even if he cheats on me I won’t leave him. I am not going to leave my husband because he cheated on me. Nah, that can’t happen.”

His argument goes beyond marriage

Kuti also connected his views on relationships to his thoughts about family lineage and inheritance.

Speaking about who he would trust with access to his properties, he singled out his sister's child, describing that person as his “real blood.”

 “The only person that can have access to my properties is my sister’s child because that’s the real blood.”

His reasoning reflects a traditional argument about certainty of biological lineage through a sister's children. In an earlier version of the discussion, Kuti argued that some African inheritance traditions placed particular emphasis on a man's sister's children because paternity was historically less certain.

The comments have consequently resurfaced as a wider conversation about marriage, fidelity and inheritance, rather than simply a statement about cheating.

This is not the first time Seun and Yetunde Kuti have publicly expressed their position.

During their 2024 Your View appearance, Yetunde similarly said infidelity would not be enough to make her end the marriage, while Seun framed their philosophy around the idea that “Love is not ownership.”

Seun and Yetunde married in October 2020 after being together for several years and have a daughter, Adara.

The resurfaced remarks have once again put the couple's unconventional approach to marriage in the spotlight, with reactions ranging from agreement to criticism — particularly over Kuti's suggestion that cheating should be regarded as an ordinary possibility within relationships.

For the singer, however, the central point appears to be that infidelity does not automatically erase the commitment between two people.