How my mother’s death collapsed my marriage – Actor Jim Iyke

Seasoned actor, Jim Iyke, has recounted how his marriage with his Lithuanian ex-wife, Dana Kinduryte came to an end.

Pulling back the curtains on how the death of his mother had a toll on his marriage, he said his inability to properly grieve his mother led to his union break up.

In a recent podcast with media personality, Toke Makinwa, alongside his colleagues Chidi Mokeme and Kate Henshaw, Jim recounted how delayed grief hit his marriage on the wrong side.

The movie luminary divulged that his failure to mourn his late mother properly was the root of the issue.

Jim Iyke confessed to procrastinating during the grieving period, and when he eventually faced his sorrow, it had already exacted a toll on his marriage.


He said the passing of his mother, a cherished figure in his heart, left him profoundly distraught, vividly recounting the heart-wrenching moment of receiving the news of her demise during a BBC interview, which shattered him to pieces.

Jim noted that he was in the middle of constructing a house for his beloved mother when her demise occurred.

The actor went on to reveal that as the sole male child, he was thrust into the position of the unyielding, stoic pillar of strength in his family, hence, leaving him with little space to express his emotions.