Celebrity mum, Juliet Mgborukwe has spoken up about how hard it was for her to walk out of her abusive marriage. The mum-of-two who has just revealed in an Instagram post that her divorce from Chima Ojukwu has been finalized, shared that she put up with her “narcissist” husband for as long as she did because of this greatest fear she had.
The former SoundCity presenter in the post, shared that her greatest fear ever was losing her family and that the thought of raising her kids outside of a standard family structure kept her in the marriage for the duration, despite the physical and emotional trauma that it brought her.
Juliet also shared that she finally came to the awareness that she was a mum first before anything else and that her love for her kids finally spurred her to take action and exit her abusive marriage, although she admits in the post that divorce is no joke.
Juliet and Chima got married in October 2011 and separated in 2012, just a few months after their wedding ceremony.
At the time, Juliet said the marriage had ended over ”irreconcilable differences”. In 2014, after lots of communication between the couple, they decided to give their marriage a second chance which made the actress move to the US to start afresh with her now ex-husband.
In 2015, the couple welcomed their first child, a baby boy and in 2017 they welcomed the second child, a baby girl at a hospital in the US
However, in 2018, they fought dirty on Instagram and Juliet announced plans to divorce her husband Chima Ojukwu over domestic violence
She wrote:
“After a whole year of sleepless nights amidst the most challenging and emotional phase of my life going through a divorce, The meetings, the mediations, the conferences, the trials, the , the tears, the joy, the fights, the prayers, the guilt, the smile, the laughter, the goal, the strength, the courage, the regret, the confusion, the depression, the glory, the loneliness, the truth, IT IS FINALLY OVER. .
Divorcing a Narcissist is one of the most painful and stressful situation you can ever imagine!. I wish it didn’t have to end this way but at the end of it all what counts is what is in the best interest of my beautiful babies. .
After years of not wanting to let go, I have conquered my greatest fear of loosing my family but I also gained the strength to never give up and the love to put my childrens needs before my own. I am a ‘MOM’ first and that is what I will always be. Divorce is no joke and shouldn’t be an option in your marriage, but if it puts your life and your kids life at risk, all I will say to you is please be brave. . . OFFICIALLY DIVORCED TODAY! Plus Donald Trump got impeached today too… OH Well!!! . To all the people that stood by me through this journey, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I LOVE YOU .
Old chapter closed HELLO NEW CHAPTER! . Cheers to 2020. #QueenJuju”
