- Hermes Stated that the absence of his mother affected his upbringing as an adult
- He revealed that he has always felt sad each time he sees other kids mum at PTA’s
Big Brother Naija star, Hermes Chibueze Iyele opens up on how the absence of his mother affected a huge part of his life and his upbringing as an adult.
On his appearance at the latest edition of Nancy Isime show,alongside his colleague, Phyna, Hermes opened up on his childhood and how growing up without a mother affected him.
Hermes revealed that his father raised him and his siblings alone and it wasn’t an easy task having to take care of them right from when they were still kids.
He stated that he has always felt bad each time he saw other mums representing their kids at PTA meetings and would always wish his mum was around to do so.
In his words:
“One significant thing I think affected me a lot was not having my mum around. A lot of people really think that me looking for my mum [when she went missing from a psychiatric centre], with all the love that I did, she was so present in my life. No. She was absent my entire life.
“My entire life was just longing to.. I will be in school. I will see people’s mums come for PTAs and what not, and I will just feel like, Oh! My God, my mum is so pretty, if she came here now, I would probably have like so many more friends. It never happened.
“The silver lining for me, why I really still have love to give, is my dad. And I think something happened in the Big Brother show, I think we were sitting in the dining room, it was an argument about how men could not.
“Someone said men could not take care of children as much as women would love and take care of them. I felt really attacked by that because my dad raised me. He did an absolutely great job. He took care of really young kids. Got a bus to hustle and train us through school. It was a lot.”
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In a related story, Hermes revealed that his mum doesn’t say a word
In a heartfelt video shared on Instagram, the Ex-housemate revealed it had been a while since he saw his mother, as the last time he saw her was before he went into Big Brother’s house.
What made the video even more touching was the fact that Hermes said his mum couldn’t say a word, and she seems not to know who he was.
In the clip, the reality star who described his mum as his rock said he’s happy to see her. He added that she looked much better than the last time he saw her. See video here..