Former Strictly Come Dancing winner Ore admitted he is afraid to speak out, but he thinks it’s the right thing to do because he addresses his porn addiction.
TV host Ore Oduba has revealed he is getting professional help for a porn addiction that began when he was aged just nine.
The former Strictly Come Dancing star, 39, spoke to podcaster Paul Brunson about his problem as he said he wanted to highlight the issue of children seeing sexual imagery on social media.
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.”
He continued, “Part of me is terrified, the vast majority is terrified because, for me, the rest of my life begins the day after this, as it’s a kind of seminal draw-the-line moment,” noting that “some parts of me feel terrified.”
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Ore, a father-of-two, claims that a friend’s older brother first showed him adult pictures on a computer. He claimed he was intrigued but not immediately addicted, and that eventually he started looking for more and more images on TV, computers, and magazines, but he kept quiet because he felt bad about it.
He kept it a separate from other aspects of his life for the duration of the behavior. He continued, “It’s very isolating,” according to him on the We Need To Talk podcast. I was certain that it was who I was. just a small part of me. Something I would experience at every moment. If you’ve ever felt rejected or worthless. It was a fact of life forever.
“I felt like I needed to talk about this because I wanted to help my own children see the things that are going to be there,” he said.
They will encounter it in life, along with so many of life’s traps, whether it’s money, drugs, or alcohol. I was aware of the need to address it.
He continued, “One of the biggest problems we have societally is, in my opinion. Such a prevalence exists. It’s just so normal when we learn that 60% of kids discover it accidentally and that it appears on iPads. What will happen is that these children start self-educating themselves if we leave it.
From 2008 to 2013, Ore won the Strictly in 2016 and presented CBBC’s Newsround. Together with TV personality Portia Culmer, he has two sons named Roman and Genie. In 2024, the couple split up.
Ore added that one of his siblings, who was ten years old, was allegedly caught smoking, and their father threatened to send them to Nigeria to be educated away from their friends. Another factor contributed to his keeping his porn interest a secret because of this. He revealed earlier this year that his father passed away in 2023.
The Naked Truth organization’s spokesman said: “Ore’s story also emphasizes the value of safe family spaces where kids can freely discuss what they encounter online.
We applaud Ore for speaking up about this subject in such a sensitive and open manner.
* The We Need to Talk podcast with Paul Brunson, which is available right now, features Ore in the interview.
Source: Mirror
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