Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has opened up about his first negative experience with fame and how it affected his mental health to the point of entertaining suicidal thoughts.
Speaking in a recent episode of the Vibe Podcast, Davido recalled how a lady he lodged in a hotel with snapped him while he was deep asleep and posted it on social media, sparking backlash and concerns from his fans and family members.
He explained that he was young and naive then and didn’t know how to handle fame and set boundaries with ladies while having fun.
“The incident happened about two months after I became famous. I have two hit songs popping everywhere. So, we went to a show in Ghana and the reception was crazy. I was just something new. I was excited. Every week, we were going higher on the charts.
“We went to the club and I was excited to see how the ladies love me. I was my first time to take a lady to my hotel room. I remember it was a great night and then I slept off. All of sudden, I heard a bang on my door, it was my manager. He told me to calm down and I asked what was he talking about.
“It turns out that a lady posted me sleeping. Daddy was calling me. My sisters were calling me. If I saw balcony that day, I would have jumped… I was young and I liked woman too much,” Davido recalled.
He added that the experience taught him how to protect his reputation as a celebrity and set boundaries.
‘If I saw balcony that day, I’d have jumped’ – Davido opens up on suicidal experience