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Nigerian singer Spyro has opened up about his difficult childhood, revealing how constant accusations and punishments from his pastor father took a toll on his confidence and self-esteem.
Naija Brain reports that Spyro made the revelation during an interview on Nevon HQ, where he recounted how his father would accuse him of stealing whenever money went missing in church and publicly label him as a troublesome child.
According to the singer, his father would sometimes later find the missing money or item and attempt to make amends by buying him milk. However, Spyro said such gestures could not undo the emotional damage caused by being publicly accused and embarrassed.
He said:
“My dad is a pastor. He will tell outsiders that this boy is a thief. The way he paints you in the midst of people, once money goes missing in church, he will point to me in church.
“All the public embarrassment, and then when he eventually finds what he’s looking for, he buys you milk. What is milk supposed to do to the damage that has been done?”
Spyro also recalled a childhood incident involving a school cleaner, saying the experience remains painful and often brings him to tears whenever he remembers it.
The singer explained that he once told his father that a school cleaner had scratched his head with her long fingernails. However, he said his father accused him of lying.
He said the incident escalated after the cleaner denied knowing him when they confronted her.
Spyro recalled that his father subsequently flogged him severely, leaving a mark on his back that he said remains visible more than two decades later.
He said:
“There’s a particular thing that happened, and anytime I think about it, it gets me teary always. I broke up with my dad after I told him a school cleaner scratched my head with her long nails, but he called me a liar.
“We went to confront her, and she denied knowing me. When we got home, my dad flogged me to stupor and left a mark that’s still on my back 22 years later. It broke me because I told this man the truth, and I suffered