Ghanaian gospel musician Celestine Donkor has sparked conversations online after sharing her views on intimacy in marriage, urging married women to be more intentional about meeting their husbands’ emotional and physical needs.
Speaking in a viral video circulating on social media, the singer advised wives against frequently refusing their husbands’ requests for intimacy simply because they are tired, saying such situations can have a negative impact on a marriage.
According to Donkor, it can be deeply hurtful for a husband to approach his wife with affection only to be turned away.
“Dear married women, the most painful thing to happen to your husband is for him to want to be intimate with his wife and be told she is tired. It hurts so much,” she said.
She went on to argue that marriage is the appropriate place for such intimacy, asking, “If your husband shouldn’t touch you, then who should he go and touch?”
The gospel singer also expressed the view that some marriages suffer unnecessary strain due to a lack of intimacy between spouses. She encouraged wives to cherish the bond they share with their husbands and to avoid allowing physical distance to create emotional problems.
“One of the saddest things is to have a marriage break down because of a lack of intimacy when God has blessed you with a spouse,” she stated.
Concluding her remarks, Donkor urged married women to be generous with affection toward their husbands, warning that consistently withholding intimacy could eventually lead to regret.
Her comments have since generated mixed reactions on social media, with some agreeing that intimacy is an important part of marriage, while others argued that it should always be based on mutual consent, communication, and respect for each partner’s feelings and wellbeing.
Watch the video below.
