Popular Yoruba actress and filmmaker Eniola Ajao has talked about how she nearly poisoned herself after coming across fake news on social media.
In a recent interview with Nollywood on Radio, the actress shared her experience and made this clear.
Ajao described how she experienced extreme mental pain as a result of fake news, which also caused her to distance herself from social interactions. According to Eniola Ajao:
“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 have faced something so painful that I couldn’t eat for seven days. I didn’t go anywhere. People around me can testify to it.
“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.
In a different story, Eniola Ajao clarified why she kept her 21-year-old son Ayomide off social media.
In a recent interview with Seun Oloketuyi TV, Eniola Ajao—who gave birth to the boy at a young age—explained why, saying it was a choice she took prior to entering the film business.
According to the mother of one,
“It was something I decide (sic) a long time, a long time decision I took before thoughts of coming into the industry. He will be 22 in May and it wasn’t easy. When I had him, I felt no man would want to marry me with a kid, so with that mindset, I had to keep it. I kept a lot out of the public, so I just decided.”
Eniola Ajao went on to say that she was teased and viewed as a “small girl” by her coworkers, who assumed she didn’t have a child, which was one of the reasons she ultimately made the decision to tell the public about her son.
