Ayo Adesanya, a veteran Nollywood actress has opened up on how her abusive marriage negatively affected her.
The thespian, while speaking in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, disclosed that the abuse she experienced in her crashed marriage turned her into an alcoholic.
According to Adesanya, her ex-husband threatened to pluck out her eyes with a knife if she doesn’t stop acting.
The actress said she was abused for 10 years and could not leave because of the shame of people saying she couldn’t keep a man.
She said, “Anywhere my ex-husband saw me, he would beat me.
“He beat me so much that I became an alcoholic. But I couldn’t leave because of the shame of people saying I couldn’t keep a man.”