“How my sister Remi Surutu didn’t show up at my wedding introduction” – Actress Bukky Raji speaks on their strained relationship and her late marriage (Video)

Nollywood actress Bully Raji has opened up on her strained relationship with her elder sister, Remi Surutu.

In an interview with Biola Bayo, Bukky said that she and Remi are blood sisters because they have the same father but different mothers. She stated that though Surutu is her biological sister, they aren’t close.

The Yoruba actress recalled how she invited Remi Surutu to her wedding introduction in Ikorodu, but she didn’t show up. She noted that all her efforts to make peace with her sister were futile.

“Remi Surutu is my blood sister, my older sister. She is my father’s daughter, we are from the same father. Biologically, she is my sister, but otherwise, I don’t know. She wasn’t at my introduction despite living in Ikorodu. I did my introduction in Ikorodu; when planning the wedding, I invited her, and she said okay, but eventually, she didn’t come. She didn’t try. I tried to reach out to her. My mum made such I called every necessary people. If she wasn’t my blood sister and I was seeing her from afar, I would have been her die-hard fan. We shouldn’t be bringing the fight between our mums into our relationship. So far, we are on the same page; bonding isn’t bad”.

Bukky Raji also revealed why she married late, claiming it was because she is the last born of the family and she never thought marriage was important.

“My getting married late was because I am the last born of the family. My father died at 7, and my mum took it upon herself not to remarry. I never thought it was important to get married”.

Bukky Raji isn’t the only one who has a strained relationship with her blood.

Late last year, veteran actress Jumoke George recounted how she was rejected by her parents. She revealed that her decision to stay with her father rather than her mother after their divorce led her mother to abandon her, and her father’s new wife made her relationship with her father strained.

In 2023, actor Charles Inojie revealed that his mother abandoned him at just 8 months when she parted ways with his father. To worsen things, his father remarried and prioritized his second wife above him, which made his stepmother maltreat him. He recounted how his stepmother influenced his father not to cater for him.

Bimbo Ademoye had opened up in an interview, on how her mother abandoned her when she was two. She stated that she has, however, tried building a relationship with her and paying her mother’s bills.

Crossdresser, James Brown, while praising his grandmother in an Instagram post, recounted the support and love she gave him despite being abandoned by his mum two days after he was born. In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, he claimed his mother was trying to connect with him, but he cut ties with her.