“My dad thought I was the child from hell” – Charly Boy

• This revelation was made in an interview on the With Chude podcast.

Nigerian singer Charly Boy has shared details about his difficult relationship with his father, Chukwudifu Oputa, a former Supreme Court Justice.

In an interview on the With Chude podcast, he talked about how his issues with authority started at home, especially with his father, with whom he often disagreed.

“My thing with the status quo started from the house. I always used to wonder, why should my father be telling us what to do and giving us all these commands. Time to eat, time to pray, time for this and that and I was sick and tired of it,” he began.

He voiced his displeasure with the rigid household rules, which frequently led to his father giving him punishments.

He explained, “I was the one who was whipped the most among my siblings and I was the one that was punished the most because I wouldn’t do what I was asked to do. My father forgot that he was the one who played that in my head, he always used to tell us to query and investigate everything, so I used to have this vocal battle with him all the time.”

Charly Boy revealed that their relationship was strained for many years, and it wasn’t until they grew up that they truly understood one another.

He continued, “I didn’t understand his methodology and he thought I was this kid from hell that needed to be punished and trashed seriously and I don’t think we liked each other that much until everyone started getting mature and he started getting older. We then started seeing the beauty of our personalities.”

“We didn’t agree on anything and I found out that this didn’t enable me to bond with my father. He didn’t know who I was and I didn’t know who the bloody hell he was,” he concluded.

The singer, known for discussing his difficult relationship with his father, shared more about it in an interview on The Honest Bunch Podcast in February 2024. Charly Boy talked about how his father’s deep religious beliefs influenced his childhood, pushing him toward becoming a reverend. However, he later realized that this path was not right for him. Many years later, he chose to cut ties with his parents after feeling they did not understand him.