Popular Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, has revealed the cause of the breakdown of his marriage to Lithuanian-American lawyer, Dana Kinduryte.

The couple got married in 2015 after welcoming their son, Harvis but separated after a few years.

Jim Iyke said his inability to form an emotional connection with his wife after his mother’s death in 2014 was a major factor in the breakdown of his marriage.

The veteran actor, in a candid interview with media personality, Toke Makinwa, admitted that he did not reciprocate Kinduryte’s affection; Instead, he focused solely on becoming a father.

Jim Iyke further said that he had to assume the position of a strong male role model in his family because he was the only boy.

He said,

“I was dealing with two parallels that I could not contain. I just lost my mom, and I was in a place where I didn’t know how to navigate the motions the woman was giving me.

I just needed somebody. She didn’t need me that way. She needed to love me, and I would love her back, and I couldn’t reciprocate. I turned all my attention on our child, and she didn’t know how to deal with it.

I didn’t grieve properly. I was the second head of the family; my father had fallen apart emotionally, and I had only sisters.

I did not allow myself the luxury of grief but it cost me because at the end of the day when everybody survived, I started struggling.

My wife was trying to get me to see a therapist. I was like, ‘Are you crazy? I have never been with one. She was trying to get a reciprocal for the love she was giving in the union but it did not work.”

Watch him speak below;

“Marriage will bring out the best and the worst in you”

– Jim Iyke pic.twitter.com/8UehWUz1UQ

— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) October 28, 2023