Media personality Ese Eriata says she
regrets being a celebrity as she
laments about the difficulty that
comes with maintaining a celebrity
status in Nigeria


She took to her social media page to
disclose that as a celebrity, one has to
wake up to negativity and try to
constantly build a reputable image,
yet there are factors including trolls
that constantly try to attach scandal to
their personal lives.
Here's what she wrote;

"If I was able to see ahead, I
wouldn't have wished to be a public
figure; would have continued as a
makeup artist or something else, It's
totally a different ball game from
what I expected, The passion to
Exhibit my talent is what's holding
me down. The fact that one have to
wake up to negativity once in a
while is crazy, even when u try to be
on ur lowest key, there's always that
one person who wants to bring ur
leg out just cox u are a public figure
and you'll make headline Sometimes
letting pple close is like selling out
your life, every word that comes out
of the mouth has to be calculated,
every movement has to be planned,
you Automatically become a cctv coz
u constantly have to be observant.

You have to constantly put so much
effort in making sure you build a
reputable image with no sandal;
especially when you have shame and
wish to live a private life. The worse
of all is keeping up with
AppearanceM; were U have to pay
photographer/makeup Artist to stay
relevant every week online, In most
case all of this is just for content;
not cox there's really an occasion/
event

The crazy part about all of this
public figure thing is when you feel
the need to be in a competition ,or ,
the little you earn; you spend it on
painting a picture of your life that
isn't true, when u can actually live a
normal life with...

... no pressure and still be a public
figure. What I also find Tiring is the
fact that pple expect too much from
u as a public figure and then you
find yourself doing what u are not
suppose to do cox u have to meet up
to that Standard (not me tho) And
most times when u work yourself to
that level, u end up wanting more or
trying to keep up,next thing u start
getting depressed and feeling the
need to get high on drugs/alcohol
when u are alone becoz of the
pressure u have put on yourself A
Then in all of this Someone is on
your timeline or a blog trolling you;
without caring or wondering if u are
even okay mentally. A large number
of celebrities are lonely that's why
most of them are online 24/7. In a
nutshell, it's not an easy life being a
public figure, the least u can do is
show them love and Encouragement
They are human and not above
having flaws, most of the things they
do is for you cox u made tlotsm do
it.


https://www.thenetnaija.com/posts/celebrities/86770-i-regret-public-figure-media-personality-eriata-laments