Basira Beere also blamed her prolonged stay in the marriage, despite the abuse, on pressure from her parents.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nollywood actress Omoshalewa Yusuf, popularly known as Basira Beere, has revisited her failed marriage, saying it cost her a lot.
The thespian, who features predominantly in Yoruba movies, made this known during the latest episode of the Talk to B podcast.
Narrating her experience, Basira Beere noted that she lost four pregnancies due to her ex-husband’s physical abuse.
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She went on to blame her prolonged stay in the marriage, despite the ongoing abuse, on pressure from her parents.
Speaking during the interview, the actress said: “When I was about to get married to him, my friends complained that he was of a lower calibre than me, but I told them that I also came from nothing before fame. I sponsored about 70% of our wedding ceremony. I thought I was supporting my man.
“His problems started just two days after our wedding. A guy texted me to congratulate me on the marriage, and I called him ‘dear’ in my reply; that was when the trouble began. It was so tough; he beat me so severely that even our landlord tried to intervene.
“If I explained what happened to my parents, they just kept telling me to be patient and endure. Only my siblings, who were living with me, could attest to what I went through. He beat me over the smallest things, to the point that I lost about four pregnancies. During the last fight we had, I was covered in blood. In fact, Gistlover posted about it. I don’t know who leaked it to them.”
