Multi-award-winning Nigerian actress Mercy Aigbe offered a rare glimpse into her personal struggles, stripping away the glamour to reveal the harsh realities of single motherhood. In the latest episode of Real Talk with Kike, Mercy opened up about the financial, emotional, and psychological challenges she has faced while raising her child alone.
“Draining,” she admitted. “I don’t wish single motherhood on anyone.”
A world away from movie sets and red carpets, Mercy’s reality has been a daily struggle to be both father and mother to care for, to defend, to discipline, and to pray unceasingly. Her voice shook with emotion as she spoke of being tough with her children, not because she is cruel, but because she is afraid of failing them.
She said her worst times were based on fear of judgment that people would mock her children because they were being raised by a single mom. “I didn’t want people to say, ‘What do you expect? A single mother raised them,” she said.
But despite it all, she calls single mothers “heroes,” tipping her hat to their grit while admitting it left her exhausted and depleted. Despite the outcry from the public regarding her personal life, Mercy’s honest revelations strike a chord in many, revealing the everyday sacrifices of single mothers in silence.
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Netizens react to her words.
Waledare wrote: I don’t wish it on anyone but someone is already one because of you 😂
Queen wrote: She said what she said ❤️Una go cry Taya!!! The first wife is not complaining and she’s not even a single parent her husband still pays the bills🙌 so y’all can rest!!! She’s living her life yet Una go borrow data Dey cry online 😂😂Una go cry Taya
Thetaye wrote: Shoutout to all the mums🤍🤍🤍
Sibirri wrore: She’s speaking from her experience, and I agree with her 👏👏
Chef wrote: That line…
They just have to turn out to be good!!!!👍 They got no choice at all.. And, with God on every single mother’s side…victory is assured!!🙌
Kinglivetg wrote: Women are to be treated like Angels. Single Mother or Not. Nobody bargains to be a single mother.❤️
Tfrosh wrote: Is really mentally draining 😢😢😢Been Training my two gurls alone for years now. Physically, financially is draining but we keep on surviving daily.
Ckassic wrote: You did not wish it on anyone, but you gave it to someone by taking her husband? Women chai