Many things spring to mind when you think of Nigerian entertainer Bankole Wellington a.k.a. Banky W. He is a singer, politician, businessman, and many other things.
Banky W, who also serves as a preacher, admitted to struggling with promiscuity and pornography in a recent interview with The Visibility Lunch Hour.
“I was a successful artist in the sight of the world, yet I still felt empty and wretched.” On a personal level, I was having some difficulties. Everything from promiscuity to pornography was discussed, as well as other real-life issues that people faced on a daily basis. This is now progressing to the point that one feels enslaved and is attempting to cleanse oneself.
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So you are just stuck in this place of feeling far from God, feeling separated from God. Feeling that I have made a little bit of money but I am still not happy”, he said.
The Wedding Party actor also noted that there is a void in every man only God can fill.
“I have been fortunate to be able to do what I love for a living, for a long time. I am grateful for the small success we have experienced in music, in film, in other ventures. But there is what I like to call a God shaped void inside every man.Until you start to fill that void with God, you will find that you will come up short regardless of what success you have or how successful or happy you may seem.in the eyes of the world. There is an emptiness you feel when you are disconnected from that source. It is a purpose thing, not a pay thing. It’s a meaning thing not about money. That’s why you see some of this billionaires commit suicide”.