- Popular Nollywood actress Eniola Ajao discloses her struggle with false information in an interview.
- Enila Ajao reveals she nearly harmed herself after fake news circulated online.
- According to the actress, she refrained from eating for seven days due to the distress caused by the misinformation, causing concern among family members.
- The misinformation reportedly coincided with Eniola Ajao’s plans for an upcoming movie project.
Popular Nollywood actress Eniola Ajao has opened up on a distressing ordeal she faced due to fake news spread about her online.
In an interview with The Tribune Newspaper, Eniola Ajao disclosed how she nearly resorted to harming herself after being deeply affected by the circulation of fake news concerning her.
Eniola Ajao shared that the fabricated news, which she did not explicitly specify, deeply impacted her mental and emotional well-being.
The actress revealed that the misinformation led her to the brink of self-harm, causing her to refrain from eating for seven consecutive days.
This alarming behavior reportedly caused concern among her close family members, including her sister and son.
Reflecting on the ordeal, Ajao expressed the intense emotional turmoil she endured during that period.
She recounted feeling isolated and unable to carry out her daily activities due to the distress caused by the false news.
“I almost poisoned myself because there was something about me that was put online. The news about me was far from being true. I didn’t eat for like seven days, and people that were around me can testify to this. I couldn’t go anywhere. This was around the same time when I was planning my movie. My sister, my son, everyone was calling me because the story came from nowhere and I felt terrible,” Ajao shared during the interview.
In other news, Nigerian actress cum filmmaker, Eniola Ajao has explained why she kept her 21-year-old son Ayomide off social media.
Eniola Ajao who had the boy at a young age, revealed her reason in a recent interview with Seun Oloketuyi TV in which she stated that it was a decision she made before joining the movie industrla Ajao.