“How I was s3xually harassed by my uncle as a teenager” Actress Osoba Temitope recounts
Nigerian actress Osoba Temitope recently opened up about a deeply traumatic experience from her teenage years, sharing that she had been a victim of s3xual harassment at the hands of her uncle.
Temitope, sheds light on a distressing chapter of her life, bringing to the forefront the darkness that lurks within some of the closest and most trusted relationships.
Temitope in an interview with Biola Bayo on her Talkshow, ‘Talk to B‘, revealed that she walked out of her ‘toxic’ grandmother’s house to live with her uncle. Unfortunately, things became worse for her when her uncle started harassing her s3xually
She claimed that while the event had a slight impact on her profession, she was still able to go on and rebuild her life.
Temitope also claimed during the interview that she suffered from depression as a result of her inability to make ends meet, especially with the fact that too many people depended on her for survival.
She said:
“My grandmother came one day and arrested me and I decided I didn’t want to stay with her, so they took me to my uncle’s house. I started living with him and he started making some advances towards me, trying to harass me sexually. And I told myself, I couldn’t go through this again
The relationship affected my acting career to some extent, but I picked up back. 2022/2023, the Devil tried, but he didn’t win.
I suffered from depression because things became difficult for me, I couldn’t meet my needs, people were looking up to me and I wasn’t working. It got to a point that I couldn’t sleep, had to put the Bible on my chest before I could sleep peacefully cause I would always see something in the dark. I stopped functioning, couldn’t eat, brush, bathe, and all
