‘Dealing with a bad marriage was difficult’

You haven’t had an easy life. How did you put up a fight?

I didn’t fight. I just moved away. I’m not confrontational. If something isn’t going right, I ignore it and concentrate on the positives. That is what I did even when I was going through hell. It was difficult. But, today, when I see other people going through so much, I feel my life is much easier. Dealing with a bad marriage was difficult, but most women are in bad marriages. They just don’t talk about it, and they can’t get out of it.

The experience must have toughened you up for everything, including B-Town...

I am thankful that God gave me the strength to get up, be a single mother, and restart my life when people were throwing stones at me. I believe that you should just work hard, and things will happen. Time is never wasted.

It was reported that you had suicidal thoughts at one point.

It happens when you have no money, are going through a bad divorce, and the lawyers are squeezing you to the limit. Plus, you have three kids, who have been thrown out of school because you haven’t paid the fees. Then, you fall sick. You hit a low and feel that there is nothing left. But, at the time, I got a lot of support from my mother, my brother and a few friends.

How difficult is it to be a single mother in a country like ours?

It is very bad. A few weeks back, a prominent newspaper wrote some rubbish about me without naming me. I feel we live in a country of hypocrites who just can’t see a single girl working hard. But I like to live by my morals, and my thoughts are old school.

Are you at peace with that phase of your life now?

It has been forgotten. Maybe 10% of it will always be with me, and that’s to ground me further. But the negativity is gone. I think if I didn’t go through that period, I would not be the person I am today.