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Ashley Cain shared that he's expecting a baby boy with a long-time friend.
It comes two years after his daughter Azaylia tragically passed away from terminal cancer at just eight months old. Ashley says that one of the first things he did was visit "Azaylia's resting place" to "talk to her about it". He also revealed that he had a difficult conversation with his ex Safiyya Vorajee about the pregnancy.
He said: "It was painful for Safiyya but it was also painful for me as well to talk to her." He added: "We haven't been together for a while now and it is inevitable that at some stage people are going to move on with their lives - that doesn't mean that we can't be friends and have an amazing relationship."
Ashley had andifficult conversation with his ex Safiyya Vorajee (@miss_safiyya_/Instagram)"I know Safiyya will always support me and I will always be there to support Safiyya. It wasn't an easy conversation or filled with smiles but it was a conversation that had a lot of truth and respect," Ashley told The Sun on Sunday.
Ashley announced their split in March 2022, describing it as "an incredibly tough decision". He shared on Instagram : "After a devastating and heartbreaking year, Safiyya and I decided to separate a few months ago. This was an incredibly though decision which we needed to keep to ourselves for some time to give us the opportunity to figure out our own journey privately."
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"The past few months have demonstrated that we remain the closest of friends, spending time together everyday, and that we will love, care and support each other forever."
He concluded by saying: "We are bonded by our powerful journey together, by the eternal love we have for our daughter, and our passionate commitment to her foundation," followed by an orange heart emoji.
It comes after Ashley slammed Ricky Gervais for mocking terminally ill children in his new comedy show. In a new Netflix stand up special, 62-year-old Ricky takes aim at children who are battling terminal illness in his show titled Armageddon. In scenes from the show, Ricky jokes that he refers to children battling serious illness in hospital as “baldies” and also asked those who ask to see him via the Make-A-Wish Foundation “Why don’t you wish to get better?”.
While the jokes may have been intended to take aim at harsh topics, the slights have angered Ashley who has slammed Ricky and warned: “Some things are just not funny.” Taking to social media, the footballer made his feelings about Ricky very clear. He wrote via Instagram Stories: “I was actually a fan of Ricky Gervais but I had to turn off his stand-up the other day as I was watching it with family and there were multiple jokes about terminally ill children and especially kids with cancer.”
Ashley continued: “Some things are just not funny. Especially to those parents who are left behind. You can get cancelled for so many things these days but it’s ok to make a mockery of dying children. I’m actually so mad about this.”
Ashley went on to hint he was struggling to remain composed while writing about his thoughts and feelings. The former reality star warned he was “trying to remain as professional” as possible, adding: “I know Ricky makes jokes about having so much money that he doesn’t care about what us people think.”
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