KUALA LUMPUR – It has been solely 5 months since Malaysian singer Siti Sarah, 36, died from Covid-19 and her mother-in-law has raised eyebrows by brazenly discussing a future spouse for her son.
Siti Sarah’s loss of life final August triggered an outpouring of help in Malaysia, because it had occurred merely three days after she delivered her fourth little one. She and her husband, comic Shuib Sepahtu, 36, have three different youngsters aged six, eight and 10.
In a video posted on the late singer’s Instagram account on Dec 30, her mother-in-law Salamiah Jalani, is seen talking to her grandchildren and Siti Sarah’s stepmother, Siti Fatimah.
Siti Fatimah, who took the video, is heard off-screen saying, “[Siti Sarah’s daughter] Talita is asking for a youthful sister.”
Salamiah Jalani replies: “You are asking your Daddy to remarry? You desire a stepmom?”
Upon the woman’s affirmation, Salamiah Jalani proceeds to listing the required traits for her son’s future spouse: “If somebody desires to marry your daddy, firstly she should know the way to cook dinner as a result of he is a giant eater. Final time your late mother needed to cook dinner at 2 to 3am. Would anybody be prepared to try this?”
Siti Sarah’s stepmother Siti Fatimah then asks, “What else, ma? What about having to place up with you?”
In reply, Salamiah Jalani reiterates that her son’s future spouse must be a great cook dinner: “I am not that dangerous to place up with… To handle your husband’s coronary heart is thru his abdomen. That is all I ask.”
The video has stirred dialogue, garnering almost half 1,000,000 views and a whole lot of feedback to this point.
Some netizens mentioned it was too quickly to speak a few alternative for her late daughter-in-law, and some identified that it was unusual to be posting such content material on Siti Sarah’s account.
Others mentioned that the older lady’s feedback underlined how good a mom and spouse Siti Sarah was.
“The children want a mom’s love and Shuib wants a companion by his aspect. It will not be the identical as Sarah however we are able to solely pray for the very best for Shuib and his youngsters,” mentioned one consumer.
One other mentioned: “Remarrying doesn’t imply you overlook about your outdated love… Possibly it is a bit too early, however let’s pray for the very best.”