TV star Ore Oduba has let out one of his deep secrets that he has battled a porn addiction since the age of nine.
Speaking to Paul Brunson on his podcast We Need To Talk, the Strictly Come Dancing star revealed that it was only 18 months ago that he ‘escaped my addiction’ and that it had ‘destroyed my life from the inside out.’
‘Shame kept me silent for 30 years. It took me 30 years, two deaths, and a divorce to finally go: here’s what’s happening,’ he revealed.
A tearful Ore said: ‘This is me putting my life as it is on the line, to save my children and to guide anybody else’s children going into a world where at their fingertips, they can fall into something they never asked to.’
The father-of-two continued: ‘Part of me is terrified, the vast majority is terrified because I feel like, personally, for me, the rest of my life begins the day after this, as it’s a kind of a seminal draw-the-line moment.’
Ore said that he was first shown adult content on a computer by a friend’s older brother, explaining: ‘I remember being very intrigued and a feeling of eyes being opened. Whilst I wouldn’t say addiction set in immediately, the intrigue started immediately.’
He felt like talking but his upbringing with his strict father meant he could never tell his family about his addiction, citing the example of one of his siblings being caught smoking at school.
His father, who died in 2023, ‘ruled by fear’ and growing up he felt like he had to hide his creativity as well as what he now understands to be his ADHD traits.
