Ex-TVC Host Morayo Afolabi-Brown Opens Up on Depression and Suicidal Struggles: “It Got So Bad”
- Morayo Afolabi-Brown, a Nigerian television host, has spoken up about her battle with depression and suicidal thoughts
- Brown, who recently stepped down as host of TVC's Your View after 12 years, revealed in a candid interview with Chude that she became despondent because she felt trapped in her work
- She added that she had long considered quitting and moving on to the next level, but had no idea how to proceed until last year, when she began to see clearly
Morayo Afolabi-Brown, the former host of TVC's popular morning show Your View, has spoken out about her melancholy and previous controversies.
In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, Morayo discussed her struggles as the host of Your View for 12 years.
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The media celebrity said that at one point in her life, she was so depressed that she considered suiicide.
“I was depressed. It got so bad that I thought I was suicidal. I just left everything behind. I remember just walking on the express, hoping a car would hit me. It was that bad,” she said.
Morayo revealed her decision to leave Your View, saying that by the show's tenth anniversary, she understood it was time to move on.
“It was when we were 10 years old that I knew it was time to move on to the next thing. I’ve been harbouring that thought for a while, but I just didn’t know to what or where, you know. But I think last year, I got that light bulb moment,” she revealed.
She also described how she was fired from TVC owing to political reasons, but President Bola Ahmed Tinubu later revealed her identity to others.
“People now called Asiwaju, ‘Do you know whose child was sacked?’ He said, ‘I’m not aware.’ He said, ‘This is the Alao Aka-Bashorun’s daughter. That’s when he knew it was me,” she recalled.
The broadcaster addressed some of her most contentious issues, including her official support for Tinubu in the 2023 elections. She also said that her original critiques of former Anambra Governor Peter Obi sprang from a lack of understanding.
“It was because I did not know him. After I made that comment, people called me and said, ‘Morayo, do you realise that when he was governor, he actually served us?’ So that was him. I said, ‘Oh, I did not know,’” she confessed.
Another major scandal she discussed was the uproar that resulted from an on-air interview in which she was accused of calling her spouse a young offender. According to her, the First Lady's intervention assisted her in making amends and publicly apologising to her husband.
Her departure from Your View signalled the conclusion of a twelve-year adventure.
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Netizens react to Morayo’s interview
Legit.ng compiled the reactions below:
oluwaseun_rn said:
"You did not know Peter Obi Ke?? You did not hear him shouting Go and Verify ? Sorry for the laugh oo🤣🤣."
bukkiesteph said:
"What I have been waiting for! The interviewer getting interviewed 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌."
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"chideramakatah said:
"Every single day, we continue to see that 99% of the people that support this current presidency do so, because of what they ve personally gained from him, not because of his general competence. So when your favs breaks your heart with their Stance, putting themselves first, before truth and justice, just remember that in the end, they re just about themselves…"
deyjidej said:
"Morayo Brown didn't know who Obi was, yet, due attacked him. Was she not supposed to be an impartial host who had done her research before engagements? Says so much about her 'host' duties. It is the reason she suffered many gaffes as host. Anyway, i will be hoping she has evolved in whatever new role she does."
kemaruking said:
"Queen of No1 talk show herself ❤️❤️❤️Morayoooooooooo Afolabi Brown, with in built humility 👏 💐 🥳 nd all the best always ❤️ as u pass the 🎤 🙌👏❤️❤️❤️."
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ayabamorayo said:
"Wish her all the best. I would really miss the way she stairs up conversations on your view
catherine.og_ said:
"Why won’t you support him, I mean he reinstated you."
simplyogoma said:
"Forget it abeh...Asiwaju is planning to give her nice job."
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Morayo Afolabi-Brown encourages Annie
Legit.ng earlier reported that Morayo Afolabi-Brown was in the news again.
She shared her view on 2baba dumping Annie and moving on to the Edo lawmaker, Natasha, but many failed to take it well.
In a post, she penned some words of encouragement to Annie Idibia, further sparking an online debate.
Source: Legit.ng
