{"id":74209,"date":"2022-04-09T08:51:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T08:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=74209"},"modified":"2022-04-09T08:51:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T08:51:22","slug":"i-am-a-ghetto-child-i-know-hunger-shame-and-thirst-mercy-johnson-reminiscences-on-her-humble-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/04\/09\/i-am-a-ghetto-child-i-know-hunger-shame-and-thirst-mercy-johnson-reminiscences-on-her-humble-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a ghetto child, I know hunger, shame and thirst &#8211; Mercy Johnson reminiscences on her humble beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie has shed some light on her past as she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/01\/my-kids-must-have-a-mother-they-can-brag-about-annie-idibia-says-as-she-recalls-her-humble-beginning\/\">reminiscences on her humble beginnings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mercy Johnson shared some experiences on her journey to fame in the Nollywood industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/14\/10-nollywood-actresses-with-the-highest-social-audience\/\">The actress, who has become one of Nollywood\u2019s most sought after<\/a>, recounted how she suffered hunger, thirst, shame and yet had to battle them all with a smile.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/09\/162A5ED0-D47B-41BB-8DEF-9F9849C926A5.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74210\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/09\/162A5ED0-D47B-41BB-8DEF-9F9849C926A5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"1026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/09\/162A5ED0-D47B-41BB-8DEF-9F9849C926A5.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/09\/162A5ED0-D47B-41BB-8DEF-9F9849C926A5-242x300.jpeg 242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/09\/162A5ED0-D47B-41BB-8DEF-9F9849C926A5-826x1024.jpeg 826w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2022\/04\/09\/162A5ED0-D47B-41BB-8DEF-9F9849C926A5-768x952.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><\/span>The role interpreter revealed that she tells her kids daily that she is from the ghetto and has known suffering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For Mercy Johnson, anytime May 22 approaches, it makes her heart stop skipping as she has lots of questions bondering her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The mum of four noted how she grew from grass to grace and how she makes herself better each day for her kids. She wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI tell them all the time, I am a Ghetto child. I know hunger, I know thirst, I know shame yet I have always battled my storm in smiles\u202622nd May approaches and my heart doesn\u2019t stop skipping with lots of questions on my mind. From nothing to here, all the suffer ehhh..hmmm this one of my favorites songs.. I wasn\u2019t perfect at all but I chose to do better because of my kids. So no matter what comes, I don see 99 so 100 nor be anything\u2026.lol holiday has come and I am stuck with my team 24\/7\u2026 Who wan rent children for wedding crowd abeg\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie has shed some light on her past as she reminiscences on her humble beginnings. Mercy Johnson shared some experiences on her journey to fame in the Nollywood industry. 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