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Breaking News: Former TVC Presenter Morayo Admits Her Criticism of Obi Was Based on Misinformation and Ignorance, Opens Up on Depression and Exit from Your View
Former Your View host, Morayo Afolabi-Brown, has admitted that her earlier remarks about former Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, were made without a proper understanding of his record in office.
Speaking in a candid interview with media entrepreneur Chude Jideonwo, the veteran broadcaster explained that her comments at the time were not informed by facts but by her lack of familiarity with Obi’s governance record.
“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?’ And I said, ‘Oh, I did not know,’” she confessed.
Afolabi-Brown also revealed a deeply personal battle with depression, recounting how she once felt suicidal at the peak of her struggles.
“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 disclosed.
The broadcaster said she decided to leave Your View after the show’s tenth anniversary, noting that she had long considered moving on to new opportunities.
“It was when we were 10 years old that I knew it was time to move on to the next thing. I had been harbouring that thought for a while, but I just didn’t know to what or where. Last year, I got that light bulb moment,” she explained.
She further narrated how she was once dismissed from TVC until her identity as the daughter of late legal icon Alao Aka-Bashorun became known to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“People called Asiwaju, saying, ‘Do you know whose child was sacked?’ He said, ‘I’m not aware.’ When he was told it was Alao Aka-Bashorun’s daughter, that’s when he knew it was me,” Afolabi-Brown recalled.
Her revelations have sparked conversations around the challenges media personalities face behind the camera, as well as the pressures of public life.