Nollywood actress Eucharia Anunobi has opened up on her pre-fame struggles and her difficult relationship with her father.
In an emotional interview on a podcast, she said her father strongly objected to her education and ambitions because he believed educating a girl child was a waste, since they would end up getting married.
She claimed he stopped supporting her education despite being financially well-off and even cut ties with her after she refused to follow his chosen career path.
The veteran said she entered modelling, which became her means of financing her education and supporting her studies.
The veteran actress recalled a sad moment when her father locked her in her room for six months, because she refused to fill out employment forms her father wanted her to submit for an office job. She said her father passed the forms under the door after locking her in the room and insisted she complete them. Despite his pressure, she stood her ground and refused to sign it.
Eucharia disclosed that her father unofficially disowned her and disapproved of her acting career, leading her to sneak out of the house and sometimes jump the fence to attend auditions.
Her turning point came after she won her first award in London for the film Glamour Girls, which improved her relationship with her father, as he blessed her when she returned home and presented the award to him.
BBNaija Erica Nlewedim had responded to a fan of hers who slammed her for taking her formerly absentee father to a premiere. She noted how she had posted her mother throughout the holidays and questioned if the fan expected her to be a bitter witch holding grudges till he died, and she ended up living with regret.
Late last year, veteran actress Jumoke George recounted how she was rejected by her parents. She revealed that her decision to stay with her father rather than her mother after their divorce led her mother to abandon her, and her father’s new wife made her relationship with her father strained.
In 2023, actor Charles Inojie revealed that his mother abandoned him at just 8 months when she parted ways with his father. 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.
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.