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Cee of TV3 mentor shares pathetic life story; says she won’t allow her children stay in Africa
Ghanaian Gospel musician, Cee has recently opened up about the ordeals she went through while growing up in Kumasi, Ghana.
The renowned gospel singer whose full name is Cynthia Appiah-Kubi, gained prominence in Ghana through her participation in the TV3 Mentor reality show. Her journey to fame was marked by both triumphs and hardships.
Unveiling a side that goes beyond the glitz and glamour of television, Cee made known how she struggled to make ends meet when she was a child which forced her to sell some food items to raise money for her upkeep and survive in those moments. According to Cee , due to financial instability, her mother decided to move her to stay with her father’s sisters and brothers who maltreated her during her stay with them.
Speaking in a candid interview with Dennis Bentil, Cee asserted that some of her aunties and uncles were not fair to her, stressing on how she was ill-treated. According to her, her dad’s siblings hated her mother because she had married her dad and automatically transferred the hatred they had for her mum to her . Cee added that she used to blame her mother for allowing her to stay with her aunties and uncle, because she would have loved to stay with her (Mother) no matter the situation she was in. Cee was quick to add that during all these, her dad was in Germany trying his best to make ends meet for his family.
“When I went to mentor, I went with a Ghana Must Go bag. I had nothing on me. I sold pork meat and ice cream. If I don’t sell that day we won’t eat. So I was doing that anytime I closed from school and I had to come back home early and prepare food,” she said
The ‘Osaberima’ hitmaker further disclosed that had it not been for God’s grace and favor, she could have been killed by poverty because things were tough for her. She went on to recounted how her aunt’s children (cousins) and other people used to mock her about her physical looks which made her want to commit suicide to put an end to the struggles.
“That’s the reason why I don’t want to allow any of my children to stay in Africa. Poverty is a disease. If God doesn’t intervene, it can kill you. Sometimes I have to go to houses to throw trash away and wash people’s bowls to be able to get food to eat.
“There was a man who told me I was very ugly and that day I was hurt and I cried. Even my cousins would tell me I was ugly that’s why men didn’t like me, I wanted to commit suicide. My aunties will beat me severely and because of that I currently have a problem with my Back. I don’t have a normal skin and you can fell that when you touch my back. At a point I event wanted to take my life because the pain was just too much for me to bear. I never knew I could become like this, God had a purpose for my life,” she emphasized.