Sydney Talker, a popular Nigerian skit maker, has opened up about his turbulent childhood. He stated was the unwanted child and had to stay with different relatives.
In a recent interview on the Rash 4 Christ podcast, Sydney shared details about his difficult upbringing.
The 29-year-old content creator recounted how his father’s drug addiction, his parents’ turbulent relationship, and family rejection shaped his early years.
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Sydney Talker said his childhood was marked by constant displacement, adding that he was passed between relatives due to his parents’ struggles.
He claimed his mother planned to abort him, but “my grandma said, ‘don’t worry, bring him, I will train him’”.
“I was a child that the family never wanted. I stayed with the rich, the poor, the average, the village, the golden house; think about it, I did everything, and finally stayed with my aunt. And God started intervening in my life,” he said.
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“My mum was taking me back to my father, my father was taking me back to my mum. Finally, my mum came to accept that she just had to accept me. My dad was the youngest in my family, and he was into drugs. So, everybody did not care about him.
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“He was not focused that time. To be honest with you, my mum had me the first time, and because of how she saw my dad going up and down, she took me out, I mean, abort. Then somebody told her that I was going to come back.
“That is how they found my mum and my dad again came back, had a child again, and that was me. This time around, she saw my dad going back to drugs, then she was like she was going to take me out again, but my grandma said, ‘Don’t worry, bring him, I will train him. ’
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“That is how I stayed with my grandma, started staying with family back and front. It was just going until my mum said, Bring my child. I stayed with my mum, to a point, I stayed with my Aunty. When things got tough, I stayed with my uncle, stayed with my cousin, I literally stayed everywhere. I have seen everything. I literally saw different stuff.”
