Maureen Waititu to women: Don’t let deadbeat fathers decide the rest of your life
Maureen Waititu has urged women not to let deadbeat fathers or heartbreak define the rest of their lives.
In a statement on Thursday, January 29, 2026, Maureen said her message is meant to encourage people who feel stuck because something went wrong or someone hurt them.
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“I’m not saying this from the point of privilege, but to encourage so many women and some men who are living in the cage of stuck,” she said.
According to her, many people remain trapped because they keep focusing on what failed instead of what is still possible.
Maureen calls on women to stop seeing themselves as failures.
“Please stop labelling yourself a failure and collect the little you have and work with it,” she says.
She adds that focusing only on what is going wrong keeps people from moving forward.
She reminds women that pain from relationships, broken homes, or work situations should not become permanent identities. Maureen says people must choose to rise even when life feels unfair.
“Are we together?” she asks, pushing her message of self-awareness.
Moving from victim to victor
Maureen urges women to release themselves from what she calls the victim label.
“Please release yourself from the label victim created by heartbreak, deadbeat fathers, toxic working mates,” she says. She believes this label holds people back more than their actual problems.
She encourages women to work with whatever they have, no matter how small it may seem. According to Maureen, progress begins when someone decides to act instead of waiting for perfect conditions. She says growth starts from the little that is already available.
Maureen stresses that life is too short to fall and remain down.
“Life is so short to fall and stay there,” she says. She encourages women to rise, even if it means moving slowly.
She tells women to take recovery one step at a time.
“Dust up, hun and move one step after another,” Maureen said.
She believes steady movement, not speed, is what matters most.
Maureen adds that consistency will eventually bring clarity and strength. She says women will one day look back and appreciate the choice to move forward instead of giving up.
“One day, you’ll look back and thank yourself for getting unstuck,” she said.
