There are many sides to everybody. For Tonto Dikeh, it
seems the side that is well known is the wild one.
Controversial as many may think this singer and actress is,
she does have her subtle side and she laid it on the line for everyone to see
in an Instagram post on Wednesday by telling whoever cares to listen her story
of humble beginning.
“Growing up life was not easy, not after I lost my mom at
the age of three. Though I thank my step mom for keeping up with my rudeness
and stubbornness. Sometimes, I felt like killing myself but God saw me through
that stage in my life and sometimes I sit and ask God why me?
At the age of twenty, I said to myself `I wouldn’t ask my
dad for money- I wanted to be independent. I tried traveling to UK but I got
refused at Nigerian Embassy, not because my documents were not complete but
because I didn’t have the connection to pass through” she stated
“University life was so hard for me, handouts I could not
afford, I begged from hand to mouth just to eat! Sometimes, I considered going
back to my dad but ego and pride wouldn’t let me.
Then, all my jeans were Alaba bend-down-select. If
the jeans was longer than me I would cut it to my size to make it look rugged!
If I asked friends for a favour, before they helped they would ask me to do
something for them in return, like cleaning their rooms, or helping with
course work” she added.
She then went on to advise her fans never to give up in
their struggle to make it in life. For sometime now, Tonto has been engaging
in a soft kind of motivational talks on social media, showing people
there might be another side to the controversial figure we all hate to love.
