Bloggers have to make money too. I do not blame them for the stories they have published about me - Halima Abubakar

The media has not been fair to Halima. A while back, Halima Abubakar took to social media to beg people to stop hating on her with comments on blogs because it makes her depressed. The actress who is now a happy being told the Tribune her depression started in 2013 after a heartbreak.

“Especially in 2013. That year was rough for me. I went through series of emotional challenges. At some point, I had to speak out that I was quite depressed. I was a bit down and didn’t want any more of people’s judgments. Even that didn’t help. People took advantage of that too. I had to learn to win the war through self-healing without any more help from people. One of the nuggets that helped me survive that stage was a conciliatory understanding that, that which had caused my pain once made me happy. It once filled me with joy and love.”

She continued,

“I am more understanding and mature now. I wasn’t mature in the beginning. I allowed everything that hit me pull me down. But now, I can take the heat, any heat. To be fair to the media, they have been good to me. They have to sell. Bloggers have to make money too. And I do not blame all of them for the stories they have published about me. I only have to say that they should not break somebody for profit. The media should double-check stories before publishing.”