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One wouldn’t understand the value of a mother until you lose them to death. Trust me, actress Celestine Gachuhi knows this quite well.

Speaking about her childhood, the actress revealed that her mum passed on while she was still young; leaving her behind with an energetic dad capable of remarrying.

And yes, after a while her dad got himself a wife who was meant to play the role of a mother in Selina’s life; but unfortunately she turned out to be a nightmare. Most people will tell you that step mums are the worst; but according to Celestine Gachuhi, her step mum was extra worse!

Depression

According to the now successful actress, having a step mum mistreat; and not show any affection pushed her into depression.

This is because the mum she now had treated more like an outcast and even after class 8; she was sent all the way to Narok where she attended her high school.

When I was in class five, my mother passed away. In 2007, my dad got married to my step-mum. When I finished my primary school in Nakuru I was taken to Narok and life was not good and as amazing as it should be for anyone in high school.

Speaking about depression, Celestine Gichuhi said;

I was depressed with the kind of life I was living and the things I was going through with my step-mum. God’s grace is sufficient and I completed my studies and went Ushagu.

For those wondering how she ended up in Nairobi, Celestine aka Selina opened up saying;

I came to Nairobi to live with my sister in a single room in Kayole. I worked for a travelling theatre that paid 3,800 for three months. Thats how it started, I loved being on TV and my role model back then was Julie Gichuru.

But hey, look at how far she has since come!

Celestine Gachuhi, the face of TV drama series ‘Selina’, endured a rough childhood in the arms of her stepmother.

The celebrated actress has kept a brave face on our TV screens but in the depth of her being, lies a girl whose childhood memories still linger in her mind.

Barely a Class Five pupil, the cruel hands of death took away the only woman she looked up to and called ‘mum’.

Stepmum

To make matters worse, months later, her dad married another woman, to complete his heart once more.

Unfortunately, the tag most stepmums have been given over time, became a reality in Selina’s life and that of her siblings.

The new parent in her life saw her hop from one school to another and it wasn’t fun and games for the then, little girl.

When I was in Class Five, my mum passed away. In 2007, my dad got married to my stepmum. I finished primary school in Nakuru and was taken to Narok County afterward and life was not good and as amazing as it should be for people joining high school.

A mother-figure who really never cared about the children from another woman. A life filled with hardships on end.

The kind of life I was living depressed me and the things I went through with my stepmum were hard.

So bad was it, that the actress opted out of her dad’s home in Nakuru, and sought greener pastures in Nairobi along with her sister.

The light

It is after starting life in the busy streets of Nairobi, that Selina’s talent in the acting industry was realized.

Back then, the model took part in travelling theaters that slowly nurtured her talent, to become the face of one of the most followed Kenyan telenovelas today, just aged 24.

I remember I earned Ksh 3,800 in three months and I bought a phone with the money.

It is no surprise, the actress took up the role of a polite girl who lives with her stepmother in the local drama series ‘Selina’.

Like they say, it is what you go through at your early stages in life, that molds you or drives your path later on in life.

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Actress Selina opens up about painful experience of living with wicked step mother

Depression

After my mum’s demise, we had to grow up in the hands of a cruel stepmother – Selina

Stepmum

The light