'My parents' marriage scares me to get married' - Actress Juliet Njemanze

Nollywood actress Juliet Njemanze has stated that she is nervous about getting married because of her parents' marriage and her own difficult upbringing.

The thespian took her fans back in time in an interview with The Sun by relating tales of her violent childhood, heartache, and thunderous connection with her father.

Juliet Njemanze revealed that when she planned her career, she considered getting married.

She asserts that her early experiences of physical and sexual abuse had an effect on her mental state.

She said: “Basically, I didn’t have a fun childhood. I had a really traumatic childhood filled with emotional, mental, physical and sexual abuse. That’s why I am a mental health advocate because I know how much damage my childhood did to my mind, and how hard I am working not to allow the experience dictate the kind of person I turn out to be. I have a strong will power.”

“If I don’t have a strong will power, I would have become a rascal and blamed it on the things that happened to me as a child. But I chose to be a better person despite everything that life has thrown at me at a very young age when I didn’t understand anything. It’s sad but it’s okay, we all have our stories.”

“The thought of marriage scares me because of the stories I hear of marriages, and honestly, it’s because of my own parents’ marriage.”

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