Before Idris walked out of the life of Naiyana Garth, his girlfriend/mother of his two year old son, there was allegedly another woman in his life.
Sonya Hamlin, who works as a property lawyer, says she was Idris’ second wife. According to Hamlin, Idris dumped her when he came to the conclusion that she would be bad for his career.
“It was very sad. Idris and I were madly in love, but he was getting a lot of flak for being married. Everyone was like, “Dude, you’re the hottest sex symbol! “It wasn’t the right look”, that’s what they were telling him. I wanted to save the marriage,” Hamlin tells Daily Mail.
Hamlin and Elba were introduced by mutual friends in 2006. By then, he was already known in America for his role in The Wire. Idris had also already been married once before, to makeup artist Hanne Norgaard, who became pregnant in 2001. Shortly after that, their marriage collapsed.
Sonya Hamlin goes on to recall the dates with Idris, how they’d wake up together and how she’d make him breakfast. She says they used to coordinate outfits, and Idris was a homebody, so they didn’t go out every single night, but when they did they’d go on normal dates like dinner and the movies. She says he would take her out to brunch during the day, they’d do normal couple things.
The relationship propelled when the couple took a trip to Las Vegas for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Zab Judah fight. Elba convinced Hamlin to secretly marry him.
“We didn’t go to Vegas with plans on getting married,” she says. “We were just chilling on sun-loungers early in the day by the pool. I was drinking a Mimosa, and we were talking, and were both in a great mood. We had talked about marriage before and how we would want to keep it plain and simple. We had been together several months already, and knew it was right. We were both madly in love by then, and we were like, “Let’s just do it!” We were both excited. It was a mutual decision. As far as we were concerned, we were going to spend the rest of our lives together.”
She says that Idris then bought her a beautiful diamond ring and they made it official. Unfortunately their happiness was short lived. Six weeks later, Idris was ready to call it off, citing his career as a budding actor as the cause.
“Some people used to say, “Why her?” That’s what they were telling him. It used to upset him. He was like, “Why don’t people just let me be happy?” I couldn’t understand how it would damage his career because I saw actors like Denzel [Washington] be successfully married. But I don’t think those actors’ wives are running law firms.”
Hamlin believes it had a lot to do with the fact that she was just a regular looking girl.
‘You see actors with models and actresses, and it’s so cliched,’ he has said. ‘I’d rather date someone who’s regular. But what happens is that she faces criticism like, “Why her? She’s Miss Ordinary.”’
She still wishes him good fortune and luck in his career, saying that they still remain friends and speak on the phone every few weeks.
As a side note, I’ve found that Idris really likes ‘regular’ looking women. His previous wife was a regular, non-model type, as is the mother of his son. He should just go with what he’s attracted to and stop listening to his friends.
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