Reality TV star, Hermes Chibueze Iyele, popularly referred to as Hermes, has opened up about how his mother’s absence had affected him while growing up.
In an interview with Nancy Isime, Hermes claimed that his mother had not been in his life and that of his siblings.
He said his dad had singlehandedly raised them and that he had warned them not to despise their mother.
Hermes said although he loves his mother, her presence had been greatly missed especially during PTA meetings in school where other students show up with their mothers.
The Big Brother Naija star said he had felt triggered by a statement in the house concerning parenting and how the statement was wrong in his books because his father had took care of them.
He said, “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 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.”
Recall that during the show, viral photos and videos had circulated revealing the reality TV star with his mentally impaired mother.
