Denrele opens up on his battle with facial stroke

Adenrele Edun, a popular Nigerian media personality and crossdresser, has opened up about his struggles with facial stroke, saying it is what made him who he is today.

In a recent interview with Channels Television, Denrele disclosed that the sickness changed his face and that he had to adopt hairstyles that would conceal it.

Speaking about his health challenges, Denrele recounts experiencing difficulty breathing, paralysis in his right leg, impaired vision, and hair loss at the front due to the stroke.

He also stated that while he was fighting the stroke, a friend invited him to a movie shoot, which he decided to go instead of accepting sympathy or disclosing his illness

According to him, “I was very sick at the time, so I had just come out of having a stroke on half of my face. It had never happened before, but it didn’t stop or deter me from working.

“My face was droopy, I was left-handed, so on the right side. Every time I had to drink water, it would pour out, one eye was wide open, I couldn’t hear, and I couldn’t breathe. All my hairstyles covered that side, so you can never tell.

“And then, getting out of that, another attack came from nowhere. On this one, I couldn’t walk; my right leg was dysfunctional, and I lost half of my hair.

“My friend asked me to make a cameo in her movie during that period, and I didn’t like pity, so I couldn’t tell her that I was sick and unable to perform well.”