Popular Nigerian skit maker, Sydney Egere, widely known as Sydney Talker, has shared a deeply emotional account of his childhood, revealing years of rejection, instability, and neglect from his own family.

Speaking during an interview with Rasheedat Ajibade, the entertainer recounted being tossed between relatives due to the chaotic relationship between his parents, largely influenced by his father’s drug addiction.

“I was a child that the family never wanted,” Sydney confessed. “I stayed with the rich, the poor, the average, in the village, in a golden house — think about it, I did everything. I finally stayed with my aunty, and that was when God began to intervene in my life.”

According to him, his early years were marred by constant movement from one household to another, with neither parent willing or able to take full responsibility.

“My mum would take me back to my dad, and my dad would return me to my mum. Eventually, my mum had to come to terms with the fact that she had no choice but to accept me,” he said.

Speaking further, Sydney revealed that his father, being the last child of the family and addicted to drugs, was largely abandoned and not taken seriously by his relatives.

“My dad was the last born in the family and he was into drugs. So, nobody really cared about him. He wasn’t focused at that time,” he explained.

In a startling revelation, the content creator disclosed that his mother had initially tried to abort him after witnessing his father’s reckless lifestyle, but an unusual prophecy changed everything.

“My mum got pregnant for the first time and because of the way she saw my dad behaving — going up and down — she tried to take me out. Then someone told her I would come back. That’s how she found herself with my dad again and got pregnant. That was me.

“Again, when she saw him going back to drugs, she wanted to take me out a second time. But my grandmother intervened, telling her not to worry and that she would train me. That’s how I started staying with my grandma and then began moving from one family member to another.”

Sydney said his life continued to be a cycle of instability. “It kept going until my mum said, ‘Bring my child’. I stayed with her for a while. Then when things got tough, I stayed with my aunty. At other times, I stayed with my uncle, my cousin — I literally stayed everywhere.

“I have seen everything. I’ve literally seen different kinds of situations.”