Popular Nigerian comedian and skit maker Sydney Egere, widely known as Sydney Talker, has shared a deeply personal account of his early life, revealing the painful experiences he endured growing up in a fractured and unstable home.
Speaking in a recent interview with Rasheedat Ajibade, Sydney reflected on the turbulent nature of his childhood, shaped by neglect, frequent relocations, and his father’s drug addiction.
“I was a child that the family never wanted,” he said. “I stayed with the rich, the poor, average, village, golden house; think about it, I did everything, finally stayed with my Aunty. And God started intervening in my life.”
Sydney explained that he was passed back and forth between both parents during his formative years, as neither seemed willing or prepared to care for him. “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.”
He revealed that his father, who was the youngest in the family, struggled with drug addiction and lacked support or direction. “My dad was last born in my family and he was into drugs. So, everybody doesn’t really care about him. He wasn’t focused that time,” he said.
In a startling revelation, Sydney disclosed that his mother initially tried to terminate her pregnancy. “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’s how they found my mum and my dad again come back, had a child again, and that was me.”
Even after his birth, his mother contemplated a second abortion after seeing signs of his father’s continued drug use. “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.”
From that point on, Sydney said his childhood was marked by constant movement and instability. “That’s 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 tough, I stayed with my uncle, stayed with my cousin, I literally stayed everywhere. I have seen everything. I literally saw different stuff.”
His emotional and candid storytelling has resonated with fans across social media, many of whom have praised him for his courage and resilience in sharing such a vulnerable chapter of his life.
Watch him speak below…
"I was a child the family never wanted, I’ve stayed with the rich, poor, think of it, I did everything" - Sydney talker on his upbringing
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