Charly Boy: ‘My Father Thought I Was the Kid From Hell’

Nigerian singer Charly Boy has revealed the rocky relationship he had with his late father, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, describing it as strained and difficult for many years.

In an interview on With Chude podcast, Charly Boy explained that his rebellious nature, which sparked his resistance to authority, began at home.

He shared how he clashed with his father, a former Supreme Court Justice, over the strict rules in their household.

“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 said.

Charly Boy described how his father’s firm discipline led to him being punished more frequently than his siblings.

“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,” he explained.

The singer admitted that it took many years before they could understand each other, with neither being able to see eye-to-eye during his younger years.

“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,” Charly Boy concluded.

Charly Boy, who has been candid about his troubled relationship with his father in the past, also touched on the topic during an appearance on The Honest Bunch podcast in February 2024.

He recalled how his father’s strong religious background had initially pushed him towards becoming a reverend father, a path he eventually realized was not for him.

Years later, feeling misunderstood, he disowned his parents.

Charly Boy’s revelations shed light on the complex dynamics of family relationships and how time and maturity can change perspectives.