Veteran Nollywood actress Dupe Jayesimi has spoken about her battle with childlessness, admitting that the pain pushed her towards alcoholism.
She openly shared her painful experience on Biola Bayo’s podcast, shared on YouTube on Friday, discussing the hardships she has faced.
Jayesimi revealed that her childlessness played a role in the breakdown of her marriage. She attempted IVF twice but was unsuccessful in conceiving.
“I did marry when I was pregnant, but after the wedding, I had a miscarriage,” she stated.
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Reflecting on another pregnancy, she shared that, “They did a test, and I was so happy to be expecting a child. I was 40 then and truly appreciated God for the gift but the scan didn’t detect that the pregnancy was at the back of the womb.”
The actress also spoke about the emotional pain she faced in her marriage, mentioning that her ex-husband became distant.
“Whenever we went to bed, my ex-husband would demarcate the bed with pillows so that our bodies wouldn’t touch. Two weeks after I moved out of the marriage, a pregnant woman moved into the house. I wept,” she stated tearfully.
She also shared the heartbreak of caring for other people’s children, only to be constantly reminded that they were not hers.
“I raised my younger sister’s child, but on the child’s wedding day, my sister told me, ‘You cannot sit there; even if you spent millions, the child is still mine.’ That broke me,” she said.
She confessed that she frequently danced excessively at events, not out of joy, but as a means to hide her inner pain.
“Whenever I go to events, I dance a lot, not because I am impressed by the party, but because I was using it to hide my pain.”
Watch her speak below…
via: Information Nigeria
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