Nigerian singer Spyro has opened up about painful childhood experiences, revealing that he still struggles with the emotional trauma from what he described as constant beatings from his father.
The singer said some of the experiences remain vivid in his memory and that he has not fully healed from the pain associated with his relationship with his father.
“When you try to bring up this conversation, there are things still very clear in my head, and he just acts like it’s nothing,” Spyro said.
He explained that being around his father could trigger difficult emotions because of the experiences he endured growing up.
“There are a lot of things that I can’t say, but I can’t say that I have healed with him. I just came to terms with the fact that I just have to heal for myself,” he said.
Spyro said he could not simply ignore the experiences or pretend that the pain inflicted on him never happened.
The singer also recalled being publicly accused by his father of stealing whenever money went missing from the church where his father served as a pastor.
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According to Spyro, there were occasions when his father later realised he had been wrongly accused and would buy him milk.
He further recounted a childhood incident involving a school cleaner identified as Iya Romoke, which he said remains particularly painful.
Spyro said the woman injured him around his head, after which he returned home and told his father what had happened.
However, his father reportedly did not believe his account and took him back to the school the following day to confront the woman.
Spyro said he became frightened when they approached the cleaner, but his father interpreted his reaction as evidence that he had lied.
“My dad said I was pulling back because I knew I lied. We went to the woman and she said she doesn’t know me and has never seen me before. And then my dad flogged me to stupor,” he recalled.
The singer said the experience, among others, affected how he viewed himself as a child.
He credited his mother’s love and support with helping to balance the difficult experiences at home.
“But if not for the love from my mom and how she was able to constantly balance things up, I just felt like it affected me because I now started thinking, ‘Since you already believe that I’m a terrible child, let me now just be terrible,’” he said.
Spyro’s account highlights the lasting emotional impact he says his childhood experiences have had on him and his decision to focus on healing himself despite unresolved issues with his father.
