{"id":215495,"date":"2025-08-07T12:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=215495"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:54:20","slug":"how-my-mother-abandoned-us-for-7-years-after-dad-went-broke-bbnaijas-hermes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/07\/how-my-mother-abandoned-us-for-7-years-after-dad-went-broke-bbnaijas-hermes\/","title":{"rendered":"How my mother abandoned us for 7 years after dad went broke \u2013 BBNaija\u2019s Hermes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">Big Brother Naija star Hermes Iyele has peeled back the layers of his vibrant public persona to share the emotional scars of his childhood, revealing that his mother abandoned their family for seven years after a devastating financial collapse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">In an intimate interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, the 28-year-old dancer and reality TV star detailed the hardship his family faced after his father who once worked with UNICEF, lost his job and became a commercial bus driver. Hermes revealed:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cMy dad was working with UNICEF before he started driving a bus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cWe had to move into an uncompleted building, but my mum said she couldn\u2019t move in with us. She left that night and didn\u2019t come back until seven years later.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_215497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215497\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-215497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_0192.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_0192.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_0192-298x300.jpeg 298w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_0192-1018x1024.jpeg 1018w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_0192-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/IMG_0192-768x772.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-215497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BBNaija\u2019s Hermes Iyele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Despite the pain of his mother\u2019s absence, Hermes expressed immense gratitude and love for his father, who took on the responsibility of raising the children with tenderness and resilience. Hermes said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cMy father raised us with so much love. He was a lover. The thing about love is, it\u2019s the reason I still have so much love for my mum regardless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Though his parents had what he described as an unhappy marriage, Hermes said he now sees his mother\u2019s decision as one made from a place of survival, not malice. He added:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI know that my mum did what she did from a place of survival. I can\u2019t fault her for that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">This is not the first time Hermes has spoken about the deep impact his mother\u2019s absence had on his childhood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">In a July 2023 episode of The Nancy Isime Show, he revealed the emotional void he felt in everyday moments growing up, particularly at school events where other kids had their mothers by their side. He recalled:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cMy entire life was longing to have her around. I would be in school and see people\u2019s mum come for PTA and I would feel like, \u2018oh my God, my mum is so pretty\u2026 if she came here I would have so many friends.\u2019 It never happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Tragically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/11\/06\/bbnaijas-hermes-loses-mum\/\">Hermes lost his mother, Isioma Iyele, in November 2024. He broke the news in a touching social media post. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Fans, celebrities, and fellow BBNaija housemates flooded his comment section with heartfelt condolences, many of them aware of how complicated yet deep his love for her had always been.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Today, Hermes is not just known as a former BBNaija Level Up housemate. 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