Proverb Reveals Suicide Attempt After Wife Cheated
Idols SA presenter, Proverb, real name Tebogo Thekiso has revealed details of how he tried to commit suicide following the end of his 10-year-old marriage.
The musician reveals how he went into a deep depression after news of his wife’s infidelity got into his ears. His wife was cheating on him with the prominent businessman, Edwin Sodi. The disturbing details of the attempted suicide were revealed in his book titled Book of Proverb.
Proverb and his now ex-wife Onalerona decided to divorce despite all efforts to mend their relationship through counseling. Proverb revealed in his book that he didn’t want to see his wife and children leave and start a new life without him and that the decision to divorce left him with a deep sense of failure as
Proverb said he stopped at three pharmacies and bought strong painkillers one Friday night in 2015. He then got home and hugged his estranged wife, went into the patio and locked himself in.
His brother found him on time and took him to hospital after he (Proverb) had swallowed all the pills with a bottle of wine. Proverb says his suicide attempt was his moment of weakness.
Proverb’s wife Onarelona opened up about her divorce in a touching Instagram post in 2016 and added that although she’s back on her feet, divorce feels like death.
Proverb’s now ex wife says she knew she was about to lose everything and her life was going change after the news of her cheating first broke.
“I would face judgment not only from my families but entire South Africa. After prayer and meditation, I started celebrating that God chose me to experience all this”, she wrote.
Onarelona says she found strength in her purpose on this Earth.
“What a blessing! I stay praying, I stay empowering myself and I stay affirming myself.”
“It feels like death, a loss that only God can restore.”
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