Famous Nollywood actor, Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly called Aki, has finally spoken about the challenges he faced after being diagnosed with stunted growth.
The actor in his recent interview with popular media personality, Chude Jideonwo recounted how he became disturbed after he heard the doctor announce his condition to his mother.
According to Ikedieze: “Something happened when I was nine years and six months old. I remember the doctor saying to my mum; Madam, what he has is stunted growth.
“That was when I started hearing the words, stunted and retarded growth. I cried several times because I was bullied in school and even at home because I wasn’t growing properly. It got bad, there were times I thought of ending it all. Thank God I didn’t grow for Lagos because Third Mainland Bridge no far o [laughs].”
He said he was grateful to his mother for standing by him through those hard times.
Aki added that from the first time he met Osita Iheme, aka Pawpaw, “there was this chemistry there.”
