‘I Was Rejected By My Parents’ -Actress Jumoke George Recounts Her Traumatic Childhood Experience, Failed Marriage And More | Watch
Nollywood star, Jumoke George has opened up on her childhood experience, her parents’ rejection which eventually led her to be sleeping from one abandoned vehicle to the other and divorce.
In an interview with actress Biola Bayo for Talk to B show, Jumoke recounted how her stepmother maltreated her and how she got her involved in charms, which she used to control her father.
According to her, she was abused and treated like a slave even in her father’s house. In her words:
“My stepmother was even worse. From a tender age, I was sent to a herbalist’s house. It’s a pity and it saddens my heart that I am even the one that will prepare the food that the charm will be added to for my dad.
You can’t even handle a slave the way they handled me. Today, I just put an end to that kind of job I am always sent.”
She added that when she finally opened up to her father about her stepmother’s diabolic ways, he didn’t believe her and sent her out of the house, and that’s when her trouble began as she had to squat around, sleeping from one abandoned vehicle to the other. She added:
“When I pleaded with him to allow me to talk, he said, ‘From henceforth, I disowned you,’ and he went into his room, and the next thing I saw is that he came out with his gun.
It was from that moment I entered into a problem. The big mistake I made in my whole life was crying that I wanted to go with my dad when he got transferred.”
The talented actress revealed that her decision to stay with her father over her mother led to her fallout with her mother, who refused to take her in when she was homeless.
However, they have been able to resolve their differences. She continued:
“It wasn’t until four or five years ago that I knew what I did to offend my mother. But then, she pleaded with me that I should forgive her, that she didn’t have Christ, and it was a time of ignorance, and she was feeling hurt then.
I was sleeping around; I even slept on the table they used for selling goods by the roadside. If I see abandoned vehicle, I will sleep inside. Then, I used a safety pin to hold my bras. I used twine ropes to hold my pants.”
Speaking on her failed marriage, the Nigerian actress recounted how her ex-husband was always maltreating her even in public. She shared further:
“When pregnancy came in, my journey with him was like going from frying pan to fire; he will always beat me. It got to a stage; he would come and meet me at movie rehearsal to beat me so that we would both roll down from the upstairs.”
Jumoke isn’t the only celebrity who has been abandoned by their parent. Last year, actor Charles Inojie revealed that his mother abandoned him at just 8 months when she parted ways with his father, which left his grandmother no choice but to raise him.
To worsen things, his father remarried and prioritized his second wife above him, which made his stepmother maltreat him.
He recounted how his stepmother influenced his father not to cater for him as she told him to wait till her child grew up so they could attend university together.
Similarly, Bimbo Ademoye had opened up in an interview, on how her mother abandoned her when she was two. She stated that she has, however, tried building a relationship with her and paying her mother’s bills.
Crossdresser, James Brown, while praising his grandmother in an Instagram post, recounted the support and love she gave him despite being abandoned by his mum two days after he was born.
In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, he claimed his mother was trying to connect with him, but he cut ties with her.