“From Duplex To Uncompleted Building”: Denrele Edun Recalls How His Parents Went From Riches To Rags
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nigerian media personality Denrele Edun has opened up on his riches-to-rags story. The celebrity crossdresser revealed this during an interview with media personality Chude.
He explained that he was born in Hamburg, Germany, but they had to relocate because his father wanted to show off his family to the world.
Denrele said his father had everything going for him, including his thriving businesses, until everything turned around, and he lost them all.
“We were like the hype of the Eduns at that point. (My father) married this Indian woman, they have a son who is gorgeous, we were living in Ijaniki, Agbara estate.”
He added that his family had to evacuate their duplex and move into an uncompleted building as things became so bad for them that they couldn’t afford a stove but had to use a coal pot.
“(Then) in a reversal of fortunes we lose everything and we move from that duplex into an uncompleted building that had no door or windows and there was nothing to do. We couldn’t even afford a stove, we were using coal pot.
“I’ll scale the fence to the next compound which was a farm and uproot cassava. We had boiled cassava for breakfast, lunch and dinner and I’ll fan this cassava until it catches fire.
Denrele also recalled when his mum got pregnant, she immediately started transferring aggression to him due to their living condition. He added that his mother wanted to get rid of the pregnancy until the proprietress of the school she was teaching at discouraged her not to take that route.
He said: “And then my mom, you know she had my sister. Then she got pregnant, she was angry. So my mom took that anger … and transferred that aggression to me.”
Denrele said his parents had to send him to his uncle because they couldn’t afford to send him to secondary school. He also mentioned that the situation made him do all the house chores because he was not living with his parents.
The actor also recalled a moment during his Junior WAEC exam when he was thrown out at 2 am, forcing him to take his bath at a nearby filling station, after which he proceeded to write his exam and came out with flying colours.
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