Nigerian singer Yemi Alade has opened up about her battle with depression.
In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, she revealed that for three years, she kept telling people she was 32, and when she realised she was 25, she fell into depression. According to her, her mind couldn’t take the reality of her age.
Yemi said she was mentally challenged for three years as she didn’t know her true age.
“There was a time someone asked me my age, and I kept saying for three years I was 22. Then I realised I was 25 years old. I took out my phone and I did the mathematics. I was depressed for a few days. My mind wasn’t taken into process.
It was mental, for three years I didn’t know my right age”.
In an Instagram post, the Grammy-winning singer shared a few words of wisdom regarding friendship and relationship bonds recently. She said until you have quarrelled with your friend or partner, you will never know the true depth of your relationship or Canoe. She added that allowing people to exit your life and knowing when to end a friendship or any ship whatsoever is a life-saving intuition.
Last year, Yemi shut down viral reports of her being sexually harassed in the music industry. She wondered whether bloggers had started creating false stories when they were bored. She called such reports “stupidity at its peak” and unintelligent, revealing that when she read the interview, she was speechless, as she noted how she had suffered at the hands of rumour peddlers.
In a Twitter post, Yemi Alade had roared at an unknown colleague for being disrespectful. The Johnny singer stated that one shouldn’t think that because of social media, everyone is their mate. She admonished the receiver of her tweet to take his/hër time.