Actor Clarion Chukwura and Shina Peters’ son, Clarence Peters, has explained why he doesn’t aspire to be like his father.
Clarence Peters revealed that his romantic relationship was impacted by his father’s prior transgressions, including his treatment of women, in an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo on the WithChude podcast.
The young artist claimed that his father “screwed up” by failing to take adequate precautions to shield his famous mother, 60-year-old actress Clarion Chukwura, who “was blackballed by his (Shina’s) colleagues.”
Clarence has revealed that he is making a concerted effort to avoid following in his father’s footsteps because of the way his father used to treat women.
According to Clarence Peters:
“My dad screwed up, I mean using the word screwed up is me putting it lightly because his colleagues blackballed my mum and she was already dealing with a lot of trauma from when she was young.”
“In making ‘Inside Life’, I discovered some of the things I did not know. Episode 5 of ‘Inside Life’ is written by my cousin who went through that and so my mum went through the script and started crying because she also went through the same thing.
“We keep forgetting that it was a different time. My mum told me recently that he has been with women, drove some of amazing cars, stayed in the best houses, and hotels, and he has had money. He is approaching his 70s, death is certain because we are all going to die.
“All he can do now is pray to God to forgive him and that is all that he has and so we have had that conversation.
My father has made mistakes that I have also made, so I can’t judge him. I can relate to the mistakes that my father has made.
“As much as I was raised by my mother, one of my greatest fears was not to be my father to the opposite sex. I have been a version of that, so I am not a saint. So I cannot judge him. I would like to but I am in the position to.”
