How Second Chances Transformed Actor and SEAL Remi Adeleke

From Nigerian royalty to Bronx hustler to Navy SEAL and actor.
How Second Chances Transformed Actor and SEAL Remi Adeleke
Remi Adeleke attends the U.S. premiere of "Transformers: The Last Knight" at the Civic Opera House in Chicago on June 20, 2017. Photo by Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures
Catherine Yang
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Remi Adeleke is gifted. He is a writer, actor, mentor, former Navy SEAL, and father of three. When people hear his story, their eyes widen in awe and exclamations soon follow. For years, people have asked Adeleke to write a book.

After telling his story on The Today Show, Kathie Lee Gifford said he had to turn it into a book and movie. He laughed it off. After the segment, she pulled him aside to tell him she was serious—this was a story that could inspire countless people. And then she took him straight to a publisher.

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