Jim Iyke opens up about his marriage crisis
Jim Iyke, a popular Nollywood actor, has revealed the reason for his divorce from American-Lithuanian lawyer Dana Kinduryte.
The pair married in 2015 after the birth of their son, Harvis, but divorced after a few years.
Jim Iyke stated that his inability to emotionally connect with his wife following his mother’s death in 2014 was a big factor in their divorce.
In a candid interview with media personality Toke Makinwa, the actor stated that he did not return Kinduryte’s love, instead focusing solely on becoming a father.
Iyke went on to remark that because he was the only boy in his family, he had to adopt the role of the strong male role model.
He stated,
“I was dealing with two parallels that I could not contain. I just lost my mom, and I was in a place where I didn’t know how to navigate the motions the woman was giving me.
I just needed somebody. She didn’t need me that way. She needed to love me, and I would love her back, and I couldn’t reciprocate. I turned all my attention on our child, and she didn’t know how to deal with it.
I didn’t grieve properly. I was the second head of the family; my father had fallen apart emotionally, and I had only sisters.
I did not allow myself the luxury of grief but it cost me because at the end of the day when everybody survived, I started struggling.
My wife was trying to get me to see a therapist. I was like, ‘are you crazzy? I have never been with one’. She was trying to get a reciprocal for the love she was giving in the union but it did not work.”
