Why I attempted suicide – Actor Ayoola

Actor Ayoola recalls an experience that made attempt suicide.


Renowned actor Ayoola opens up about his deeply personal struggle with contemplating suicide.

Ayoola unveils the heart-wrenching reality of facing an unexpected and overwhelming situation.

With disarming honesty, he shares his experience of discovering he was expecting a child he wasn’t prepared for and the overwhelming emotions that led him to consider ending his own life.

Actor Ayoola

According to him, he was depressed and the only thing that kept coming to his mind was commiting suicide.

In a candid interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, he revealed that looking back, he now regrets his action and how he would have made the mistake of being absent in the life of his son.

In his words:

“The time the pregnancy for my son came, I wasn’t prepared to be a father. I got depressed and almost took my life. I deliberately miscalculated while crossing the road so that I would be hit and the car just brushed me.

“I look at my son now and I’m like, ‘This is what I was about to miss? This is whose live I was about to destroy?’ This little boy would have been fatherless.”

In a related story, Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw opens up on why she contemplated suicide, sends strong message to struggling people.

Sharing her usual throwback Throwback photos, Kate Henshaw took to Instagram to give details of how she managed to pull through with the help of some friends and colleagues.

According to the thespian, she became devastated and did not know how to move on because there was nothing to live for, however, with words of encouragement, she found hope.

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