Kemi Olunloyo’s Son Shares His Plight Since Moving To The US, Ordeals With Extended Family And Battling Depression As He Clocks 24
Olukayode Joshua Taiwo, son of controversial journalist Kemi Olunloyo, has taken to social media to reflect on his challenging journey since moving to the United States.
In an emotional post on his 24th birthday, Olukayode revealed the challenges he has faced over the past year, including experiences of homelessness, job instability, and emotional isolation.
Marking his birthday, Kemi celebrated her last child on Instagram, sharing memorable photos and expressing pride in his achievements and dreams, despite the obstacles he has encountered.
She praised him for his determination, offering her strong support during his difficult moments.
On his own Instagram page, Olukayode recounted his struggles in America, describing how moving back to the U.S. after 11 years away has been a difficult transition.
He spoke about his ordeals with his extended family, who he claims treated him unfairly, and described his journey as one of determination as he often facing life’s challenges alone.
He further shared experiences of working three jobs while pursuing a modeling career, sleeping in his car, enduring homelessness, and even dealing with a car accident and subsequent legal issues due to lack of insurance as a new driver.
Despite these hardships, Olukayode remains hopeful, saying he views his story as a chapter in his life he can look back on when times improve. He even hinted at the possibility of writing a book to document his struggles in America.
He also noted how his mother stood by him through this trial and how he encountered worse after moving to the United States of America.
He wrote:
“Happy Birthday to me and to being in America for 1 year already. I’m getting closer to my mid 20s and it’s haunting me cause I feel alone in this world and I feel like time is running out.
Coming back to a country I haven’t lived in for 11 years all by myself to restart my life from all the abuse and depression I went through in Nigeria from my extended family and only having my mom while I was there. Being here alone with no support system has been hard.
No parents, friends or family to support but I’ve made the most of it myself. I’ve been homeless countless times, losing countless jobs, having accidents and people stealing from me at my lowest.
Since being here from being kicked out because it’s clear I wasn’t wanted there to staying with abusive people that treated me like a sub human all in the name of that favor.
Had a car accident and lost my first car to a reckless driver, had to go to court for the first time cause I didn’t have insurance and I was a new driver, slept outside, slept in my car all while working 3 jobs and trying to pursue a career in modelling.
Everything I went through made me stray a bit from God but I’m writing this as something to look back on when everything eventually gets better and also because people don’t see the struggle off social media they just see the good moments. Hopefully I can write a book on everything I experienced so far in America.
Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes and cheers to 23. Lemme stop yapping now just wanted to get that off my chest.”
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