{"id":1272,"date":"2021-01-15T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2021-01-15T21:43:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T21:43:00","slug":"why-i-separated-with-my-wife-after-20-years-didier-drogba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1272","title":{"rendered":"Why I separated with my wife after 20 years&#8212;&#8212;Didier Drogba."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi5rUeCVvUvQx89m3Ksl-e1ivw97kyWoHMazgIqBgynNvq_get2uujJUpeZCS-zVnqMLtdHP3OQ0e5M6dsnXvXnkdIil9QRn89OPwDwo9MA3ac_nIp2otQAR4oXrPAFI1Qsgg9yxWSC8D4\/s692\/WhatsApp+Image+2021-01-15+at+8.53.12+PM.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"692\" data-original-width=\"481\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi5rUeCVvUvQx89m3Ksl-e1ivw97kyWoHMazgIqBgynNvq_get2uujJUpeZCS-zVnqMLtdHP3OQ0e5M6dsnXvXnkdIil9QRn89OPwDwo9MA3ac_nIp2otQAR4oXrPAFI1Qsgg9yxWSC8D4\/s320\/WhatsApp+Image+2021-01-15+at+8.53.12+PM.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">The Ivory Coast former soccer player Didier Drogba has address a news conference after the inauguration ceremony of a new school building constructed by the Didier Drogba Foundation at Pokou Kouamekro, Gagnoa,Ivory Coast January 17,2018. {Reuters,Thierry Gouegnon}.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">The former Ivorian international and Chelsea legend on Wednesday, January 13 announced separation from his estranged wife Lalla Diakit after over 20 years of marriage.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">The announcement came after he&nbsp; was forced by netizen to provide clarifications concerning their marriage following rumors that they were no longer living together as husband and wife. Drogba and Lalla tied the knot on June 12, 2011, in Monaco in the presence of selected guests.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">The 42 years old made he shock announcement via his instagram page telling fan: I am not used to discussing my private life, but due to speculation in the media today, I will confirm that unfortunately after 20 years together , Lalla and I have made the difficult decision separate last year.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">&#8220;We remain very close and our main goal has been our children and to protect them and the privacy of the family.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Ivory Coast former soccer player Didier Drogba has address a news conference after the inauguration ceremony of a new school building constructed by the Didier Drogba Foundation at Pokou Kouamekro, Gagnoa,Ivory Coast January 17,2018. {Reuters,Thierry Gouegnon}. The former Ivorian international and Chelsea legend on Wednesday, January 13 announced separation from his estranged wife [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-foreign","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why I separated with my wife after 20 years-Didier Drogba. - Gh-newsbay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1272\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I separated with my wife after 20 years-Didier Drogba. - Gh-newsbay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; The Ivory Coast former soccer player Didier Drogba has address a news conference after the inauguration ceremony of a new school building constructed by the Didier Drogba Foundation at Pokou Kouamekro, Gagnoa,Ivory Coast January 17,2018. {Reuters,Thierry Gouegnon}. 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