Popular Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke has revealed that he was secretly married and shed light on why the marriage crashed; revealing that his wife had left him despite being a good father to their three kids.
The Nigerian movie star opened up on his past marriage while speaking in a chat with celebrity host Chude Jideowo on his show.
The father of three had stated that his marriage failed due to the death of his beloved mother, adding that he was the cause of his marriage failure.
Jim noted that her death wrecked him so badly so much that he started to drift away from his wife and his own life. He stated that a person can only be mediocre if he lets his emotions overwhelm him, and each time he gets emotional, he usually acts mediocre.
He had stated that during his process of grieving, he lost himself over his mother’s death; emotionally abandoning his partner, who recently gave birth to his first son.
“I have had a failed marriage but nobody knows that. I have three kids. I caused my marriage to fail. I am not the type that would blame anybody for my mistakes. There is a saying, ‘to boss up, own up’, There is a part of me that would take the easier route out.
“Anytime I did anything mediocre in my life, I always did it when I was emotional because I am extremely proficient in being deliberate and being strategic about everything I do.
“Every time I failed; it was because I got emotional. I became mediocre then I appeal to the smaller man in me and the part that was not emotionally intelligent,” he revealed.
According to him, the death of his mother had him lost and left him as a shell of himself,
“When I lost my mother, I could not find my feet for years. There was a lifestyle, spiritual connection that I lost. It took them 72 hours to tell me that I had lost my mother. I just got out of an interview in London.”
“I was changing diapers; I was the proper stay-home dad. I took all my love and attention and invested it in my son and left her behind. I was an excellent father and a woeful husband. They are white, they are not built like us.”
“After a while, she said she can’t find who she married. Then we parted as friends.”