Hmm. It seems being a known face is not always sunshine and roses.
Reacting to the video, a concerned fan of Tacha with Instagram handle @Ullohimacute has encouraged Mercy never to give up on life.
Her post reads:
Fan of Tacha encourages Mercy never to lament about the challenges she has been facing for being a celebrity (Screenshot)
To be in the spotlight and be the talk of the town for positive reasons is the dream of many Nigerians. I mean, who would not like to have people answering to their every whim and being at their beck and call?
The above scenario is what many people envision when they think of being celebrities. However, they do not consider the amount of work that goes into maintaining the status seeing as it is better to be relevant than to be regarded as a ‘has been’.
Despite that, some celebrities, especially the new ones are having a hard time adjusting to their fame and that is the case with BBNaija 2019 winner, Mercy Eke.
The 26-year-old recently took to her Instagram live to lament about the challenges she has been facing for being a celeb. According to her, she now has a calendar that determines her every move and she sometimes wishes to have her old life back.
In her words:
“This thing, it looks rosy on social media, it’s not rosy. I think I want my old life back. Yea, I want to sleep, wake up when I want, don’t have anything to do, don’t have a calendar. Right now guys I have a calendar. It suc*ks, like I hate it. Yea I prayed for this but I feel like it’s too much. People keep telling me it’s going to reduce; it will calm down, no! it’s not calming down, it keeps getting worse. I don’t have a life of my own anymore. I feel like I want my old life back.”
Video Below:
"I want my old life back" – Mercy complains about the stress that comes with being famous. #bbnaija #LamboMercy #Boombuzz pic.twitter.com/8QFLBJwyem
— Boombuzz Nigeria (@BoombuzzNG) November 27, 2019