Nollywood actress Regina Chukwu has opened up on the death of her husband.
In an emotional interview with Biola Bayo, she revealed that her last child was four months old when her husband died. She revealed that her husband battles a deadly sickness which ate his finances and eventually killed him.
Chukwu recounted the ordeal she went through with her ailing husband and how people called him a living corpse. She said her husband told her to beg his mother to give him a mercy death (an injection that would kill him).
She revealed that she was a virgin when she met her husband and had never been toasted before because of her stubbornness.
“My last child was four months old when their mother died. It’s a story that, anytime I try to explain, I cry.
The night that we did our traditional wedding, my husband confided in me, he said in Heaven and Earth, all the money he had hoke and abroad was eleven thousand naira.
That night, I cried because I felt like where were we going to start? I said it’s not about surviving that I am worried about the fact that it is the sickness that has eaten deep into his capital. And the sickness is still there.
Growing up was hell. Not hell, in the fact that my parents couldn’t provide for us. We didn’t have much, but at least we could eat our three-square meals. But I was stubborn. I was tough to the extent that I didn’t think I had somebody say he wanted to date me.
Nobody has ever toasted me, my husband was the one who broke my virginity.
Things were very hard for us; I couldn’t register for ante-natal. At some point, I couldn’t stand up again. After 41 days of welcoming my child, I returned to my business because my husband couldn’t go out again. He was already using the potty at home. My husband couldn’t eat anything without stooling immediately. Anybody who saw him will call him a living corpse. I was running around with a baby on my back. He told me to help him beg his mother to give him mercy death.
I took a break for some years, and I had to abandon acting for close to 8 years, but now I am back. “
In March, while celebrating her birthday, Regina counted her blessings. She noted how, despite being a widow, she was still grinding.
Back in December 2023, Regina announced to the world that she had gotten a house as she narrated how difficult life was for her as a single mother following the death of her husband and the father of her kids. Regina recounted how she had to move into her father’s house and revealed that she had to manage in the same room with her many siblings and parents. However, her story has changed, and God has blessed her and her kids with their own house.
Also, in 2023, Chukwu expressed excitement about being a proud mother, saying that her late husband would be proud of her. She said she had a lot of stories to share about her life but would leave them until sometime in the future or probably make a movie about them.
