Former BBNaija housemate, Kemen Ekerete, who recently turned 30, has shared a lot concerning his life struggles and getting to the point he is today.
In a celebration post on social media, he wrote on losing his job in a multinational company at 26 and battling depression.
Kemen, who holds the record of being the first BBNaija housemate to be disqualified, also spoke on regrets he habours about being an Ex-BBNaija housemate.
He said: “Many people till today still don’t know the basis for which I was disqualified. Did Big Brother officially put out a publication on why I was disqualified? It was only assumed Big Brother disqualified me because they thought I molested Tboss. There was a video which many thought showed that such action happened and Tboss and I saw the video. We analysed the video together and I know I didn’t do it. Tboss also knew she didn’t feel anything.”
“We are in a country where people don’t want to know the truth and everyone has their opinion. I think the game is lawless and watered-down now. I know I didn’t do what I was accused of and I’ve genuinely forgiven anyone who tried to drag my name through the mud. I’m still good friends with people they thought I’d be sworn enemies with and I’m living a good life.”
“Now, I’m ashamed if anyone calls me an ex-big brother housemate because the show doesn’t represent the show I went for. All my housemates are wonderful people and but for the show, I wouldn’t have met them. My rage is not because I think a particular housemate should leave. My rage is that a lot of lawlessness is being condoned in the house. Standing on the reason for my disqualification, many people in this house shouldn’t still be in.”
He however maintained that he learnt an important lesson from the incident which has shaped his life today.
“Everything that has happened (to me) had to be that way for me to learn a lesson, get more serious and become a better person. I don’t have any regrets. Maybe if I had discovered certain things a bit earlier, I could be in a better place than I am now. But even that isn’t certain because sometimes, things don’t work out the way one plans.”
Speaking of his profession as a fitness trainer, Kemen disclosed that his fitness job did not begin as a means of making money, but instead, he was bent on battling depression and ill health.
“From where I come, fitness isn’t something a young man would do for a living. I didn’t know it could put food on my table. I just did it to improve my health because I needed something positive that could keep me from thinking too much. Fitness helps you push a lot of things away, so I’m too strong now for any form of depression.”
