{"id":209471,"date":"2025-03-01T13:02:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T13:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=209471"},"modified":"2025-03-01T13:02:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T13:02:34","slug":"i-was-in-abusive-marriage-for-10-years-which-turned-me-into-alcoholic-ayo-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/03\/01\/i-was-in-abusive-marriage-for-10-years-which-turned-me-into-alcoholic-ayo-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"I was in abusive marriage for 10 years which turned me into alcoholic \u2013 Ayo Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Nollywood actress Ayo Adesanya has opened up on her decade-long abusive marriage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The movie actress in a recent interview on the WithChude podcast did not mince words when she shared all her woes in the marriage. <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Ayo Adesanya also confessed that the physical abuse drove her to find succor in alcohol, because she wanted to numb all her distress.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nigerian film actress Ayo Adesanya has spilled the tea on her personal life and crashed marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo on the With Chude podcast, Ayo Adesanya revealed that she was in an abusive marriage for 10 years, which drove her to become an alcoholic.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1492.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-209474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1492.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1492.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1492-247x300.jpeg 247w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1492-844x1024.jpeg 844w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1492-768x931.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The mother of one recalled her ordeal in her ex-husband\u2019s hands, who would reportedly beat her at the slightest chance he got. She added that she couldn\u2019t bring herself to leave because of the shame of what people would say. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ayo Adesanya however disclosed that some of her colleagues, like Bimbo Akintola knew what she was facing and were very upset that she didn\u2019t leave the abusive marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The movie star narrated how her ex threatened to pluck out her eyes with a knife and sent their 1-year-old son away to Ibadan because he was jealous of the attention she was giving their child.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_209473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209473\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1491.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-209473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1491.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1491.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1491-273x300.jpeg 273w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1491-932x1024.jpeg 932w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/IMG_1491-768x843.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-209473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actress Ayo Adesanya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ayo Adesanya said when she finally left the marriage, she took a break from Nollywood but returned to rebuild her career. In her words:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAnywhere my ex-husband saw me, he would beat me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He beat me so much, I became an alcoholic. But I couldn\u2019t leave because of the shame that people would say I couldn\u2019t keep a man\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/07\/20\/why-i-feel-bad-watching-myself-act-wicked-roles-ayo-adesanya\/\">Ayo Adesanya<\/a> was married to Goriola Hassan, before they got divorced. 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