Why Being Clarion Chukwura's Son Wasn't Always Easy - Clarence Peters

Nigerian filmmaker and movie director Clarence Peters is a very renowned and popular name in his field, but what some people still don't know about the talented creative is that he is also the son of popular musician Shina Peters and talented actress Clarion Chukwura. Now, during a new interview with Channels Television, Clarence Peters is explaining the sometimes downside of being the son of such popular parents, and opening up about his relationship with his famous parents. Here's what Clarence Peters had to say.

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Speaking about being the son of two mega superstars like Shina Peters and Clarion Chukwura, Clarence Peters said:

CLARENCE PETERS: I was literally born into the industry. My father is a musician, his name is Shina Peters. My mother is an actress, her name is Clarion Chukwura. Unlike other people who have degrees in other things, if the government bans filmmaking, it's cleaner oh! It's cleaner I can do, I can't do anything else. Literally everything that I am is both within the artistic side of the business and the business itself. I have been around it long enough to be able to know that everything works in cycles. And I try not to sweat the small stuff, but that's kind of hard. So, my origin will actually stem I would say from my parents. I have been around it long enough and have had a lot of uncles and aunties around, and heard a lot of conversations from when I was a kid.

This whole nepo baby thing that people are talking about, everybody always talks about the perks of it, but no one ever talks about the downsides of it, and there's a lot of downsides to it. For example, in my experience, growing up in the 80s and 90s, the industry took a lot of turns, and things weren't as easy as people would think it would be. Because the industry had to collapse for it to be rebuilt, and I was around during that whole time. And then, I didn't want to do this when I was in my teens because I didn't want to be compared to my father and my mother, it was too much pressure. I just wanted to play football, and that didn't work out, so along the line I told my mum I wanted to focus on film and she said 'thank God he's come to his senses.' My mom is a huge part because my mom supported me with everything that I have ever wanted to do.

Celebrity status are for the people who are in front of the camera, they have to be that way. I stay behind the camera for a reason. I think I have some phobia from my parents and seeing a lot of the things they had to go through by being in the limelight. It wasn't all fun. A lot of it wasn't fun, the things that they had to go through personally and in their lives, and I didn't want that for myself. So, it still freaks me out when people recognize me. But nothing is 100% good, nothing is 100% bad. Sometimes you need it, sometimes you don't. So I'm grateful to the fact that I'm somewhat recognizable sometimes, but most times, I would just much rather not be in that space.

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