Nollywood actress Jumoke George has shared her experiences growing up, including her struggles with childhood trauma, divorce, and being rejected by her parents.
In an interview with Biola Bayo on the Talk to B show, Jumoke recounted how her stepmother mistreated her and involved her in using charms to manipulate her father. She revealed that she was treated as though she lacked value or importance.
“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 said 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.
“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”.
Jumoke 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.
“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”.
Spilling on her failed marriage, the veteran actress recounted how her ex-husband was always maltreating her even in public.
“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”.