Funke Akindele tok say she dey cry for inside room, put mental health first

Funke Akindele don talk say di happy face wey Nigerians dey see for screen no be di full story. For interview with CNN Larry Madowo, di actress and filmmaker talk say sometimes she dey shut herself inside her room and cry when things too heavy.

She talk say she dey let di tears come, then she dey gather herself and continue. "I dey cry. I dey lock myself inside room, cry, break down, hit di bed. But I just dey pick myself up and come back to life," she talk.

Akindele, wey be mother of two, also talk about how she dey live under public eye all di time. She talk say pipo dey always discuss her marriages and breakups, and di talk sometimes dey make her doubt her own decisions and fear how pipo go judge her.

She describe di argument wey dey happen inside her mind: she dey tell herself say maybe she slip again, she dey ask herself whether she suppose care about wetin pipo talk, and she dey decide to face di problem and keep moving.

Putting herself and family first

Di filmmaker talk say she don come to see say her career no be everything. She now dey treat her mental health as priority and dey make room for pipo wey close to her, because she reason say work go always dey but family remain.

She also talk say she dey pay more attention to how she look these days. Before, she talk say she fit waka enter office with cornrows, face cap and slippers, focus only on di job. Now, she talk say she dey dress well and dey take time over her appearance.

Her words go land with plenty Nigerians wey dey follow celebrity news well well. Public figures for here dey often face harsh talk online about their homes and relationships, and di pressure no dey usually dey discussed openly.

Akindele never talk wetin prompt di interview or whether she dey work on anything new. Di full conversation with Madowo dey expected to give more detail on di points she raise.