Former Ghana international Kevin-Prince Boateng is known to have a long-standing, strained relationship with his brother, Jerome Boateng, a former German international.

Opening up about the genesis of their rift and the factors behind it, Kevin-Prince explained that the tension between them dates back to their childhood, when he felt left behind and lagging behind his brother, and continued into their teenage years, when Jerome was thriving in his football career while his own path was largely turbulent, leading to growing jealousy.

He made these remarks during an interview with Andreas Poke, which was published on December 15. The distinction in their personalities has opened up about the long-standing strain in his relationship with his brother, Jerome Boateng.

He mentioned that his brother was always very competitive with him, making it difficult for them to bond.

“We never had a good relationship because we were very opposite, like he was very competitive with me. Then I saw him become a superstar, and I always felt that he didn’t deserve it. Because I was the one taking bad steps, he could follow me and avoid the bad steps, so I made the pathway for him, so I felt he didn’t deserve it,” Prince Boateng said.

Despite the lingering tension, Kevin-Prince revealed he has tried to make amends.

“Anyways, I went to ask him for forgiveness as well, that if I was ever jealous or if I didn’t want him to deserve it, I asked him for forgiveness, but we still don’t have a connection.”

Kevin-Prince Boateng has shared the impact his current wife, Marsi (fourth marriage) had in his life particularly guiding him to discover a new path, that is his Christian faith and walk with Christ.

In October 2023, Kevin shared a post of his baptism on his official Instagram account along with Bible verses, including John 14:6 (“I am the way, the truth, and the life”), to mark the occasion.

Recounting how his faith journey began after his encounter with his wife, who led him to church for the first time in his life as a 36-year-old man at the time, Kevin detailed that it was the time for him to return to Berlin from Sydney when he got the invite from his wife to visit church.

A decision which was so hard for him to make, as many voices in his head spoke against his going until he finally went. A few minutes into the service he caught himself sobbing so hard that he began to hope no one saw him. That was a turning point in his life.

He said, “Never in my life have I been to church. I always said that when I go to church, my skin is going to burn. You know, that's how I felt…. But my time to take off was Thursday to go back to Berlin. All my friends left. I stayed. Wow. I stayed, and I went to church. On the way to church; no, it's spiritual. So many voices told me, "Don't go. Don't go. It's not for you. Don't worry about that. Why are you going? Just tell her you're sick. You can't come. You don’t go.

And it's like, I can't do it. She said, "Yeah, of course you do it. Go inside. Don't worry about it. It's all good…..I said, "Can you stay on the phone?" You know, like a little 5-year-old. I said, "Please, can you stay on the phone while I walk in?" So I walk inside, and she stays on the phone. After five minutes, I don't know what happened. Something inside of me, I stood up, lifted my hands, started crying in that church, always like peeking a little bit. It's like, "No one should recognise me. Please, please. Look to the right. There's another real man there crying, looking at me. We nodded our heads. I'm like, "Okay, it's okay to cry here." And I just cried. I don't know. The spirit hit me so much; conviction and I felt so sorry....” he said during an interview with Josh Mansour’s UNSCRIPTED, which was aired on Thursday, November 27.

He shared how his wife played late on purpose just to allow him to choose God for himself and not because of her. According to him, “So I rang her up. I said, "Where are you?. Yeah, sorry, I'm running a little bit late. She did it on purpose. She did it on purpose because she wanted me to go in there for Christ, not for her. You know, it's all spiritual”, he added.

Kevin also revealed that his wife after their encounter said for his transformation, a gesture he feels was worth it in his faith journey. He intention was not to have any romantic relationshi p with him but was just to draw him to God.

He said, “My wife says, "You want to come to church?" She prayed that, "God, if you want me to help this man, I will help him." She never saw me as a husband or nothing. She just knew God brought me into her life so that she would help me go through all my trauma and everything. So she said to God, "God, if you want me to help him and be there for him, he comes to church”.