Chude Jideonwo Shares Why He Started His Popular Show #WithChude

Nigerian media personality and entrepreneur Chude Jideonwo has taken to his Instagram page to share the life changing experience that led to him starting his popular show, #WithChude.

Chude, the founder of Joy Inc. and host of the show, #WithChude said this while sharing what he learnt from his conversation with Pastor Bolaji Idowu of Harvesters International Christian Centre.

On the origin story of the show, he said:

“I woke up one of those mornings and picked up my phone to find out ‘what are they saying this morning?’ It was horrendous. So I called a team member. I said, ‘Why do they hate me so much?’ He encouraged me, but he wasn’t really speaking to me. So I went to YouTube, and I searched for ‘what to do when people hate you’. The conversation that came up was a conversation between Oprah and Brene Brown on Super Soul Sunday. I listened to the conversation between Oprah and Brene, talking about courage, what to do when you’re in the arena, and people are attacking you. And I tell you, it healed me, it spoke to me, it just covered me. And I said to myself, ‘Wow!’ I said, ‘Wow, I want to have this same kind of conversation. I want somebody to wake up one day and watch my show and feel seen, heard, and covered.”

“And that’s where this show came from. It literally came from a place of deep, deep, deep alienation and pain. When I think of the many important things that have happened in my life, many of the most important things in my life have come out of pain,” he added.

Watch the excerpt here: