The Celebrity Traitors' King Kenny felt forced to have his mum sectioned when he was 18
King Kenny's mum was taken to a mental health hospital when he was 18 after he felt "helpless" and sought help for her "behind her back".
King Kenny felt he had no choice but to have his mum sectioned when he was 18.
The Celebrity Traitors star is a carer for Vicki. and after her "behaviours were changing" amid experiencing "episodes" in early 2016, he felt "helpless" and called health professionals for assistance "behind her back", before she was taken to a mental health hospital.
On the latest episode of The Amol Rajan Connection podcast, the 29-year-old YouTube star, whose real name is Kenny Ojuederie, told his fellow Celebrity Traitors castmate, 43, that he has blocked out that period of his life because it was "so traumatic".
Kenny continued: "But let's say around early 2016, I can't remember how old I was, 18, 19, but my mum's behavior was changing, and I was very helpless at the time, and I felt like I needed to do something about it.
"I didn't have anyone to go to for help, and I had to kind of go behind her back to get help because growing up with your mum you kind of feel like you owe her some sort of loyalty rather than doing stuff behind her back."
Kenny noted it was "very hard" to express his worries to her face because Vicki "couldn't see" that she was sick.
The internet personality recalled how his mum initially appeared fine when health professionals visited to assess her, until one day Vicki "exploded in front of them".
Kenny recalled: "One thing led to another. We had some people come over to assess her. But it was weird, man, because every time they used to come and have a look and assess her, she was fine. I don't know. It was so weird.
"She used to have these episodes, right? And then one day it just exploded in front of them, and they saw the full behavior, and then straight away she got sectioned to the mental health hospital."
After Vicki was sectioned, he looked after his three younger siblings, who were aged 17, 11 and 10 respectively at the time.
Kenny said: "My stepdad wasn't around; they had broken up."
Explaining why he felt "helpless", he added: "Let's say, for example, like you know your mum's sick, but she's saying she's not sick.
"Remember, this is the sick version of your mum you're talking to. You kind of don't want to do anything behind her back without her knowing.
"But if you tell her, then she's going to get upset because she will say, 'Then why do you think I'm sick? I'm fine.' And then it will turn into a toxic environment, but she doesn't know she's sick.
"So me going behind her back is more like I was letting my mum down by doing it behind her back, but I needed to do that for her to get better."
Kenny went on to praise Vicki for doing "the best that she possibly could to raise" him and his siblings, while juggling "two, three jobs".
He added: "I don't fault my mum for anything."
