Chioma ‘Chigul’ Omeruah has opened up about a part of her many people never knew about. In a new episode of Kemi Adetiba’s ‘King Women’ hosted by Acce
Chioma ‘Chigul’ Omeruah has opened up about a part of her many people never knew about. In a new episode of Kemi Adetiba’s ‘King Women’ hosted by Accelerate TV, the actress and comedienne talked about her life, family, career, failed marriage and more.
In the interview, she made a revelation that she was once married and that the union failed within one year.
“It was one of the worse things I had ever had to go through but one of the best things because it taught me so much. I’m still learning. And would I have changed anything about it? Looking at it now, no because it happened for a reason and it happened within a year with no children, no attachments,” said the 41 year old actress.
She continued, “I married at 33 a virgin and I held myself responsible for the breakdown of the marriage. We were not perfect, there were good days I won’t lie. It just got to a place where we both didn’t care anymore. I have been made to believe that it was my job to keep that afloat and the fact that it sank, I take on my head.
“I didn’t understand why no one except my siblings cared to ask how I was doing. I was depressed and I didn’t care. I wasn’t going to kill myself but the sweet, funny girl didn’t want to come out. I felt like I was going through a tough time with my marriage and everyone was saying go back to your husband and no one asked how I was feeling.
“I had nowhere to land, it fell apart and I didn’t want it to. When I needed people to be there for me, no one was there. The worse was when I heard that my husband had a child with someone else, a year into our separation.
“The worse thing for me right now is not being in a relationship but I wanted to give my mother grandchildren. My success with my career is great, it’s wonderful. I thank God for it every day but I want other things.
“I did some things wrong for instance I sold the wedding rings and I told him I did. In my mind, my rings were a symbol of something that didn’t exist. It was a circle I was wearing on my finger while I had an absentee husband.”
The 2nd of four children, Chioma said she wasn’t necessarily the brightest and was dull, failing in school. This upset her father, a former sports minister to no end, prompting him to decide that she was no longer going to continue with school. Her Air Force officer dad eventually caved in and moved her to Air Force college in Lagos for that embarrassment.
“I was never into school. I took Cambridge exam, JAMB, WAEC and I didn’t pass too well. I was failing woefully. When I took TOFEL and SAT, I did okay and I got into Delaware University.”
Watch the interview below:
