LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)- Nollywood actor Jim Iyke has spoken openly about the emotional challenges that led to the collapse of his marriage, revealing how personal grief and fatherhood shifted his priorities and made his Lithuanian-American wife, Dana Kinduryte suffer.
In a recent interview, the actor explained that he went through a difficult emotional phase that affected both his identity and his relationship.
He said he lost his passion for life during the period and became fully focused on raising his son, a change that deeply affected his marriage.
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“I lost my spark, and my wife suffered for it. And then I became an obsessive dad. I gave everything in me to my son. I was a proper stay-at-home dad,” he said.
Iyke admitted that while he excelled as a father, he struggled to maintain balance in his role as a husband.
The actor explained that the shift became too difficult for his wife to cope with, as she gradually felt disconnected from the man she married.
“I became an excellent father but a woeful husband. After a while, she said, ‘I can’t find the man I married anymore.’ I told her, ‘I don’t know what it’d take for me to heal and bring myself back,” he explained.
He revealed that he was honest about his emotional state and uncertain recovery, choosing instead to be transparent, rather than offer her false hope.
The movie star added that he prioritized his young son during that period while giving his wife the freedom to decide whether to stay or leave.
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Kinduryte eventually chose to leave, with the actor noting that they parted on friendly terms and ended things amicably with a handshake.
“If you want to wait for me, I’d appreciate it. And if you can’t, I would understand.’ She said she couldn’t, so we shook hands and parted as friends,” Iyke stated.
In earlier interviews, the actor linked his emotional decline to the grief he experienced after losing his mother in 2014, which he said deeply affected his ability to balance family life.
He described the experience as a turning point that reshaped his understanding of fatherhood, marriage, and emotional healing.
Despite the separation, Jim Iyke maintained that there was no bitterness between them and they did well co-parenting their son.
