Eniola Ajao, a well-known Yoruba actress and director, talks about the terrible emotional toll that internet fake news took on her and how it almost drove her to commit suicide.
Ajao said in an open interview on Nollywood on Radio how damaging social media rumors caused a personal crisis that had an impact on her social life and mental health.
“I almost poisoned myself because of news about me on social media that was far from true. It was the first time in my life to faced something so painful that I couldn’t eat for seven days. I didn’t go anywhere. People around me can testify to it,” she revealed.
The impact was so profound that Ajao withdrew completely, unable to eat for seven days or engage in any social activities.
“My sisters were calling, telling me, ‘You have to do this for yourself. You don’t have to poison yourself.’ My son was reaching out to everyone that I was struggling with the online lies,” she added.
It is worth noting that the actress once faced severe social media backlashes after she crowned the controversial crossdresser, Bobrisky as the most dressed female at her movie premier. Notably, she cleared the air later that it was all planned for the movie’s publicity.