September 15, (THEWILL) – Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, has revealed that if she had a better understanding of life when she was married, as she does now, she would have stayed in her marriage.
“I was young at the time. If I was at this age, a lot of the decisions I took, I probably would not have taken them. Because now I’m wiser and have a better understanding of life.
“Now, I am more exposed and enlightened. But then I was coming from a place where I was already damaged as a child. You know when you come from a very wealthy home but you still have to raise yourself? Things like that.
“I didn’t grow up living with my mum and dad. I was living with my dad, my grandmother, and his brothers. My grandmother was my mum to me. My dad was not like a dad; he was like a brother and friend. He was like an uncle because he enjoyed life too much and really didn’t have time to pay attention to me.
“Growing up in that kind of situation where I didn’t even know what they called ‘mummy’, I didn’t know I had a mother; I only knew my mum when I was about seven. My parents were never married; they just had my brother and me.”
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