FOR CUT STORIES FROM BOOK GO TO TRANSFORMEDBOOK YOUTUBE •Writer•Actor•Masters from UCWV•Strasberg Alum•Former Navy SEAL•Nigerian born•Bronx raised I'm not a boy anymore, you know chasing these felicitous dreams. I said, "Well, my plane is getting ready to take off, so I'm not gonna be able to talk to him right now, but give him my number and when I land, I'll talk to him." They were horrible mainly because it wasn't me. On for this episode is author and former U.S Navy SEAL Remi Adelake. Every day you wake up, you know that purpose. Being a SEAL, you're gone so much between training and deploying, and I just wanted to be home with my sons and raise them. That's for sure. We talked for three hours, and I told him about the book. In that same process, I said, "Well, what is the maximum word count?" Remi Adeleke was born in Western Africa, but following the death of his father, he, his mother, and brother relocated permanently to the Bronx in New York City. He is now a filmmaker and actor … Remi's mother was American, and his father was a tribal leader in his native Nigeria. Two weeks later, I was on my way to Atlanta to go because I work with a lot of inner-city, at-risk-youth nonprofits. Just understanding that everything happens for a reason, and God has pretty much laid out my path for me. I'm going to tell it exactly as it happened. And I was like, "Yeah, but, Ma, I forgot her name, so I don't know if I'll ever find her again.". “I told her okay, she walked me to Harper Collins, and that’s how it all happened.”. I know your heart will be in the right place. You would write it to inspire people. “I was using that money to fund a record company because that was my dream.”. But if that doesn't happen, Zero Gravity is a production company. “They said what I was doing was an act of patriotism and if that Tiana could vouch for me, then they would say okay,” he recalls. After my father died, my mom called up her cousin and said to him, "Listen, my husband is dead, we have absolutely no money, I don't know how I'm gonna feed the kids, I don't know what I'm going to do. You don't need anybody to help you. Well, I guess no one can do what you were doing anymore because of how all the technology has changed. I said, "Listen, I'm a Navy SEAL. And she asked, "Where are you going?" She did a great thing by sneaking you into the Navy." There are US Navy SEALs. God brought about an incredible transformation in the life of the “Transformers” star. The recruiter's real name, Tiana, that's her real name. Why did you decide to write it? And live on air, Kathie Lee Gifford says, "Your story is phenomenal. To be honest, I hadn’t even heard of him. If you can find something that gives you purpose, you know that's a game changer. She pretty much gave me a thumbs up. I'm about to turn in my last rewrite and, after that, we're taking it to market to studios and production companies, and we'll go shop it as a franchise. And I tell them all the time, "I had a living example of it every single day of my life in my mom." Three, my wife and her encouragement. I wanted it. Remi Adeleke is a former Navy SEAL, having served in Naval Special Warfare and with SEAL Team 3 from 2002 to 2016. She was like, "You know, pretty much like we didn't think that you could pull it off, but we were just blown away by what you wrote.". What's the name of your movie? When you're in special operations, you know your purpose. Can you loan me some money?" Here I was, a kid who was told you're not qualified, but I became a Navy SEAL in the military. They are not going to starve to death. I had failed at everything in my mind. They said, "You need to hire a ghostwriter to write the rest of this book because of the way you're writing. He was rapping from the perspective of a husband and talking about how he almost messed up -- infidelity or something with Beyoncé -- when he almost threw away his whole marriage. You have to do the work by yourself, because when things get rough, there's not going to be a personal trainer by your side saying, "Keep going, keep going." No. He is a writer, actor, mentor, former Navy SEAL, and father of three. I had failed at my record company, I had failed at selling drugs, I failed at all of these things and I was like, ‘What else do you have left, Remi? That shoot ending up turning into six months and “opened up the doors for me in the entertainment industry.”. Remi Adeleke is gifted. “She told me, ‘I know your heart. He was hanging out with drugs and crime, and his time would've run out if he hadn't met a Navy recruiter who saw his potential and took a chance on him in 2002. I just went through the whole story with her as fast as I could because the plane was getting ready to take off, and told how her cousin snuck me into the Navy. Our primary goal is to take it to a studio for them to pick it up. After years of making regrettable decisions, Remi joined the Navy in 2002 and later became a Navy SEAL. Man, every time I tell the story, I get emotional. Then, fast-forward, one of my jobs at the SEAL Teams was as an intelligence collector, so I ran sources and I would have to write these long reports for each meeting I had with the source. He asked if he could stay on as the editor, but I said, "No, I'm writing this." So for me, I wasn't going to depend on anybody. Remi Adeleke is just a real man who took ownership of his life, his mistakes, his shortcomings and took control through faith, hard work, and a unwavering goal to become a Navy Seal. I wasn't going to depend on somebody to teach me how to work out. Adeleke told her no, but that he did have nice pants and a shirt. I mean indigenous animals, I don't mess around. Plus there's a lot of the stuff that I can't really talk about it. We have houses and apartments that we put domestic violence victims in for a period of time until they can get on their feet. Miller was briefed by members of the 100th Air Refueling Wing on how they'd hustled tankers into the air on short notice. And if you're not here, I'm started." He's got a natural gift for writing, and his personality shines through in a way that celebrity books with ghostwriters never really do. “Ever since I was young I always wanted to control things. Raised in the Bronx, this former U.S. Navy SEAL was launched into a Hollywood career with a role in “Transformers: The Last Knight” and commercials for AT&T, the Army (believe it or not), and Jockey. I remember I would have to run these trails because the long route was the road route. Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. I was just a mess because Tiana saved my life. Ending his successful naval career in 2016, he was led to pursue a career in writing, speaking, and acting. I know this firsthand because my cousin, who lives in Georgia now, was getting in a lot of trouble and he had a misdemeanor that was so stupid. During that time he met his wife Jessica on Match, got married in 2011 and had two sons who are now 4 and 5. When they went to SEAL Training, when they went to BUD/S, and things got rough and I wasn't in their ear saying, "Keep going," they quit. So, when I found my purpose, that's a game changer and that's important for veterans, especially guys that struggle with PTSD. I'm a person of faith, so prayer helped me a lot. His mother took Remi and his brother back to the Bronx, where she raised the two boys as a public school teacher. I work with a nonprofit now in San Diego called City Hope Now, where I deal with the worst of the worst kids, society's most written-off kids, single-parent kids, all that. Every single one of them quit because they were depending on me to push them. So, that was one. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. After years of making regrettable decisions, Remi joined the Navy in 2002 and later became a Navy SEAL. I know people are going to make fun of me. At that point, I had a different name for Tiana because I had forgotten her name. I … They could work in tandem. People ask me all the time, "Remi, where do you get your purpose, your resilience?" Free trial available! When I got out of the SEAL Teams, that echoed even further. So something needs to change. After years of making regrettable decisions, Remi joined the Navy in 2002 and later became a Navy SEAL. If I have to go to prison, with all that I've done from there until now, and where I'm at now, if somebody wants to prosecute me, I'll take it. What was the motivation behind your decision to become a civilian again? Remi Adeleke is known for his work on Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), 6 Underground (2019) and Invasion. So be it. What did your mom say to you after she read the book? My mom tells me a switch turned in her head at that moment in time. Users on Twitter posted an image of a man and woman wearing what was purported to be a proposal for the dress uniform. It was this old white guy trying to sound like an African-American kid from the Bronx, and it just wasn't my voice. I met so many guys as I was getting ready to go to SEAL Training, the two times that I went, who were like, "Remi, I'd like to come work out with you.". 48 talking about this. Adeleke is a man who shouldn't have had a chance to serve if all the rules were followed, and he's determined to lead a discussion about what America can do to give inner-city kids a better chance to serve their country. And if we reject it, you have to pay us back $100,000 of the advance that we've given you so far." “That’s where my American journey began,” Adeleke tells PEOPLE. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Trump had committed an "unforgivable crime" in ordering the killing of Soleimani. That's a sad story. His dad was the firstborn son of a Yoruba chief who had nine wives. I know I'm going to get backlash. I hate to fire myself, but you just need to write." He hadn't read the first half of the book. When I landed, we spoke on the phone and I went straight to his house from the airport. To have this dream and now have it go away was depressing. I am so lucky.”. When people hear his story, their eyes widen in awe and exclamations soon follow. At the end of the day, 99.99% of people on the face of this planet will never be a Navy SEAL. I said, "Read the previous chapters that I sent you before we do anything else, and I'm going to rewrite this entire chapter that I'm reading now.". She was the first person that read it, actually. Remi also served as the youth Pastor of his local Church from November 2010 to June 2013. This is really good; I'm so proud of you." When you get out, it seems as though that purpose disappears. So, they produced "Ozark" and they produced "The Accountant" and a bunch of other films. Are you keeping up? Thanks for speaking with us and thanks for being so open in your book. After that, they never trained with me again because I train really, really hard. I was working with a nonprofit in Atlanta, and I needed to fly there because one of the kids was getting ready to get sentenced to either prison or jail. I said, "There's no way I could tell this story in 60-80,000 words." Remi Adeleke has an amazing story to share, and the fact that he served as a Navy SEAL is almost incidental to his epic tale. So she saw it as her duty as a recruiter who was from the Bronx to give people a second chance. Discover Transformed as it's meant to be heard, narrated by Remi Adeleke. I highly recommend the book. All rights reserved. What advice do you have for me?" Nominate Them For A $1,000 Prize From AARP, Marine Awarded for Saving Elderly Woman from Deadly Viper Attack, Veteran Left Homeless Gets New Tiny House for Christmas, Coast Guard Repatriates 110 Haitians Aboard an Overloaded Boat, New Naval Strategy Zeroes in on China as Biggest Long-Term Threat to the US, Congress Authorizes New Arctic Icebreakers for Coast Guard. It was like a quarter of a chapter. However, their caveat was that I had to hire a ghostwriter. When she ran a background check on him, she saw he had two warrants out for his arrest. As I said that, a thought popped in my mind: Remi, your military record is in your cabinet. She did the same thing for him. Guess what happened? ", I walked out backstage after the set, after the piece, and she pulled me aside, she cornered me. That's a long and complicated title, but it barely scratches the service. Coyote Ugly Turns 20: Where Is the Cast Now? She says to my mom, "How dare you call my husband up and ask him for money? Tiana also had her brother and mom and dad. When I found working with inner-city kids and giving back in that way, when I found traveling and inspiring people's story, whether it's verbal or whether it's through [writing] or whether it's through acting, whether it's through writing a film, because I write films now as well. What I learned in that whole process and what I learned from my mom is you gotta depend on yourself. But we should do something for people who commit small offenses. He was just like, "Remi, I can't get any of these kids from the hood of Philadelphia into the military because of little weed charges. Anyway, she connected him with me. “I finally came to the realization that I had nothing left. And she says, "Yes, that was my cousin." No need to waste time endlessly browsing—here's the entire So it's like a song thing more than an artist thing for me. What's your story?" You need to really write a book. Text us for exclusive photos and videos, royal news, and way more. What we don't do here is spoil the details of the incredible stories he tells in the book. Reyes said to come back the next day. When that switch was turned in my head and I wanted to be a SEAL, it wasn't like "I want to be a SEAL." That's why I wrote the book. It's fitting that Remi Adeleke ended up finding work in Hollywood blockbusters like Transformers: The Last Knight after leaving the Navy. Credit: I'm a man that's trying to be a businessman like Jay-Z is a businessman, be a husband like Jay-Z is a husband. But, you know what, I didn't care because I wanted it. We talk about burner phones, hip hop music, how he invented his own SEAL training regime and the work he's doing with at-risk kids. There are kids who need a second chance. She loved it. She said, "You need to talk to her brother!" Because, at that point, they had given me a $100,000 advance. Since I've gotten into writing, I haven't listened to a lot of music when I work out. When I fired him, I told the publisher, and they freaked out. As I was writing the book, I spoke to a friend of mine from boot camp. I hate to jump around, but there's a story that's not in my book. I hired a ghostwriter. Remi’s life spiraled downward after his father died in 1987. She walked into my publisher, HarperCollins, and she told him, "You need to sign this guy to a book deal right now." And you are going to make it, and these boys are going to be successful. I hope the Pentagon will read my story and, as my platform grows, I'm gonna advocate for more chances. What about the people who you dealt with at Camp Pendleton who were hassling you? And on Wednesday, his book Transformed: A Navy SEAL’s Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odds was released. As a misdemeanor, not a felony. I don't know why your publisher made you hire me. So if I end up getting prosecuted so that all the people get to hear my story and see that they can make a change, or for other people to see that people like me can change, so be it. I pushed myself, and I did the work. It was depression. Remi Adeleke’s life is straight out of a Hollywood movie. © Copyright 2020 Military.com. 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Originally, my mom was supposed to write with me, but I just started writing and it is what it is now. Before Remi Adeleke was a famous actor, he was a Navy SEAL. “Tiana asked him if he could give me a chance and expunge my record so I could enlist.”. After I had to take it out, I started thinking. Inwardly, I nodded my head but, in my mind, I was like, "Absolutely not. Ending his successful naval career in 2016, he was led to pursue a career in writing, speaking, and acting. Get push notifications with news, features and more. There are special forces. My kids, my two sons. He has been through very dark times in his life and career, and only when he met Jesus did things start to turn around, as he reveals in his I AM SECOND testimony. I still listen to hip hop now. The next day, he called me back and he's said, "Remi, I can't believe you wrote this. God has blessed Remi with a multitude of experiences as a minister of the Gospel. Or they're probably going to produce it if we don't get picked up because they have a production budget. But he hasn’t always had it easy. All you're going to have is your inner thoughts. When that switch turned in my head that said, "I'm going to be a Navy SEAL," everything that I had seen my mom do, as far as depending on herself, I did. “I want people to know my story and realize they can transform too,” he says. One of the reasons why the operational side of my book is as short as it is that I wanted to tell the charity story; I wanted to inspire people. Host Kathie Lee Gifford was blown away by his story and personally helped him get a book deal. I'm as serious as I was up there. Adeleke signed an endorsement deal with the clothing company Jockey and had a role in Transformers: The Last Knight, which came out in 2017. You should have written this by yourself. I read them, and they were horrible. If you would like to opt out of browser push notifications, please refer to the following instructions specific to your device and browser: How This Man Went from Being a Troubled Teen to a Navy SEAL: 'I First Had to Hit Rock Bottom'. You're a gifted writer. I've met two or three people whose recruiters did a similar thing. I was just blown away after I saw how many women played a massive role in me being where I’m at today. After a year of training, he got accepted into the Navy SEAL program, but got kicked out the first time. The Navy has a plan to get more sleep for sailors. If people who are reading your story want to get involved in the charity work you do, what are the organizations they can look up to support that work? Since leaving the Navy in 2016, he has appeared in Michael Bay's movie "Transformers: The Last Knight" and participated in a high-profile Jockey underwear campaign. Another great thing in the book is how you write about the Notorious B.I.G. Remi … Ending his successful naval career in 2016, he was led to pursue a career in speaking and acting, including the 2017 blockbuster Transformers: The Last Knight and the upcoming motion picture, 6 … Infantry weapons create an incredible amount of noise, but adding suppressors helps muffle their audible signature. I still have the email from the vice president. I wrote the whole book, finished the whole book. What inspired me to write it was people. Wow, she was just amazed. I made these mistakes, I did do this. Is there any music from the 21st century that connects with you, the way that that stuff did when you were a kid? The U.S. has maintained a near-continuous aircraft carrier presence in the Persian Gulf region since May 2019. There are two things I don't mess around with: That's wild animals and outer space. I was getting ready to mobilize and deploy, and my contract was up and I was given an ultimatum: Deploy, or you should probably get out. My wife will tell you, I was depressed. The military won't take them, and these kids have so much potential. That's why he's one of the best CIA agents out there, because he grew up in a rough environment and that prepared him. It's like, "I am going to be a SEAL, even though I meet absolutely no qualifications to go to SEAL Training, period." What I loved about the album was to see his maturity in it, where before it was drugs, hustling, that kind of thing. She's pretty much the same as she's always been. Ending his successful naval career in 2016, he was led to pursue a career in writing, speaking, and acting. I was crying. I can get up to the pool by running on the road, but it would take me a lot longer. I wrote the rest of the book. The publisher still had no confidence in my writing skills. “I tried to bolt out of there because I knew I wouldn’t be able to join the military now,” he says, “but she asked me where I was going and if I had a suit.”. His biggest project was one of the first manmade islands in the world, now known as Banana Island. He shares his life in a new memoir called "Transformed: A Navy's SEAL's Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa to the Streets of the Bronx.". She was determined to raise her boys right, but Remi didn't quite keep clear of the streets. This Navy SEAL went from Nigerian prince to the Bronx to hero And I would just tell 'em that I went from Africa, my dad was a millionaire, we moved to the Bronx and all the stuff I did in the Bronx. Because this is obviously part of the issue for people who grew up in environments like the one you grew up in. I'll figure it out.". After years of making regrettable decisions, Remi joined the Navy in “After failing at so much in my life, I knew I couldn’t fail at this,” says Adeleke, who would walk three miles every day to a pool and taught himself how to swim. Colonel Owen G. Ray has been suspended from his job as I Corps chief of staff pending a law enforcement probe into the case. Explain what you mean when you say "go to market.". He tells an overwhelming story about his father's attempts to invest in and modernize his home country, but that all came crashing down when his dad died when Remi was just a small child. Remi Adeleke is just a real man who took ownership of his life, his mistakes, his shortcomings and took control through faith, hard work, and a unwavering goal to become a Navy Seal. Township firefighters discovered Cpl. Or even if it's a medium-sized offense or even if it's a second offense, we have to be willing to look at it in a case-by-case basis and see if we can do something to help change the trajectory of this person's life. There was a CIA story in the book that I had to take out, and it was only like about four or five paragraphs. Remi Adeleke is an actor, retired Navy SEAL and author. I'm confident in you because you're my son." You have absolutely nothing left.’ I had to hit rock bottom first.”, RELATED: Happy Veterans Day to Tom Selleck, Adam Driver and More Stars Who Served in the Military. It's funny, I just discovered, I don't know what to call it, a gift or this inclination or the desire to write, as a writing class. “And it didn’t start off well.”. So, I call the event-planning company and this person picks up. “I had to learn everything.”. | I just can't. And I didn't want to pimp the Trident, so to speak. When you truly want something, you don't need anybody to push you. Just to see my kids light up and see my kids so happy that I was home, or even times when I was on the phone with them and they were upset that I was gone and they were crying, "Daddy, please come back home," that was just confirmation for me that I made the right decision. You didn't use fake names when you were talking about people who brought you into the service and your experiences in the early days of your career or did you? 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