Popular Nigerian actor and comedian, Ayo Makun, also known as AY, has confirmed the end of his marriage to his wife, Mabel, in an Instagram post addressing recent rumors of infidelity.
In his post, AY cautioned against assuming that silence equates to weakness and emphasized the need to differentiate between opinions, values, beliefs, and facts. He acknowledged engaging in actions he isn’t proud of and expressed concern for the impact of public scrutiny on his family, especially his grown-up daughter.
He wrote: “Many people believe that staying silent simply means that one is incapable of dealing with issues. Projecting a negative narrative against someone who is not struggling to defend himself doesn’t mean he is weak. Some of us are just logical enough to understand the difference between opinions, values, beliefs, and facts.
“The personality and ability that I possess simply confirm that I have reached that stage in my life where I can not be entertaining the public with deep personal family issues. They just might be too much to handle concerning the individuals involved. Not even when I have a grown-up daughter who has access to social media. Her mental health needs to be protected from seeing things she cannot be proud of online.
“Yes! Without compromising my family, I have found myself doing some things that I am not proud of today. It is one thing to watch my friendship/marriage of 20 years slip off my hands, but it’s another thing for the parties involved to understand how to appropriate the blame in a space that is designed for most women to always play the victims and win. I can tell you for free that no one is completely innocent enough to cast stones.
“Presently, I am loving the way that lies about me in all these blogs are travelling faster than the truth. But my painful truth will eventually beat away all the lies.”