{"id":1123924,"date":"2022-06-16T10:10:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T10:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/16\/joyce-blessing-is-a-divorcee-not-a-murderer-celestine-donkors-husband-from-nowhere-comes-to-defend-joyce-blessing\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T10:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T10:10:21","slug":"joyce-blessing-is-a-divorcee-not-a-murderer-celestine-donkors-husband-from-nowhere-comes-to-defend-joyce-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/16\/joyce-blessing-is-a-divorcee-not-a-murderer-celestine-donkors-husband-from-nowhere-comes-to-defend-joyce-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cJoyce Blessing is a divorcee, not a murderer\u201d \u2013 Celestine Donkor&#8217;s husband from nowhere comes to defend Joyce Blessing \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>From nowhere, Kofi Donkor who happens to be the husband and manager of gospel musician Celestine Donkor has come to the defence of <u>Joyce Blessing<\/u>\u00a0who has been captured in a viral video heavily drunk and begging for forgiveness from a man she named Kwame.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>And as usual, the nature of the tape has once again brought the gospel artist, who has been in the press for over two years due to her failed marriage to her husband and former manager, Dave Joy, to have once again acquired a negative reputation for the content of the footage.<\/p>\n<p>In a post that he published on Facebook on Wednesday; Kofi Donkor attempted to dispel any misconceptions about the singer\u2019s habit of \u201csipping wine\u201d by pointing out that there was in fact nothing wrong with her doing so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever is doing this to\u00a0<u>Joyce Blessing<\/u>\u00a0should know that she is just a divorcee and not a murderer. Is she the only person to have been divorced in life? She is sipping wine and so? Since when did drinking wine become a crime? By the way, what is the first miracle Jesus did? (Read John 2). I am not here to teach the theology of wine. Nobody has the right to condemn anyone,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Mr Donkor has admonished Ghanaians to \u201cleave the woman alone\u201d and at least \u201cbe sensitive to her children.\u201d He added that it takes a lot for a woman to walk out of her marriage and therefore Joyce should be given respect and privacy instead of being subjected to public ridicule.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Kofi Donkor\u2019s open letter encouraged the singer to stay strong and fight to the end.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough! Leave the woman alone! Be sensitive to her children at least. To my colleagues in the gospel fraternity, today it is Joyce and we have all gone mute, tomorrow it could be you. Let\u2019s fight for our sister. Joyce be strong. The Lord is your strength. He will fight for you. Just be still.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer\u2019s management has issued a statement explaining that the tapes that have been released were filmed quite some time ago and sent to the singer\u2019s spouse. There is no clear indication as to who may have been responsible for leaking the private footage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258612\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-258612\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"632\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-16-at-10.02.58-AM.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-258612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-16-at-10.02.58-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"632\"  \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celestine Donkor\u2019s husband from nowhere comes to defend artiste Joyce Blessing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; From nowhere, Kofi Donkor who happens to be the husband and manager of gospel musician Celestine Donkor has come to the defence of Joyce Blessing\u00a0who has been captured in a viral video heavily drunk and begging for forgiveness from a man she named Kwame. 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