Ghanaian songstress Wendy Asiamah Addo, known as Wendy Shay, has shared how public criticism played a significant role in bringing her closer to God. She revealed that the intense scrutiny and negative feedback she faced when she began her music career made her seek solace in her faith, as she found it challenging to trust anyone else.

Wendy Shay emphasized the difficulties she encountered while striving for success in a male-dominated industry, where many female artists struggle to thrive.

During a Twitter Joy Showbiz podcast hosted by Kwame Dadzie on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, Wendy Shay highlighted how the criticisms from certain sections of the public had a profound impact on her life, leading her to develop certain qualities and turning to her faith for support.

"It [public criticism] keeps me on my toes and always brings the best out of myself. A male-dominated industry made me very hard and develop some qualities that I never knew. So I am not stopping, I'm going further and further."

"Actually, I will say thank you to everyone who bombarded and bashed me. Because it made me realize who was really for me and who was not. it also made me choose my circle wisely. It [public criticism] actually pushed me closer to God because I realized that I couldn’t depend on any man apart from him," she said during the conversation monitored by GhanaWeb.

Wendy Shay likened the criticisms by some Ghanaians to a maid being maltreated by her madam.

"I [Wendy Shay] feel like most Ghanaians treated me like a house help who was always kind of maltreated by cleaning the house and always doing the cooking. Meanwhile, there was another person in the house who was always being pampered, but I was the one who was being maltreated,” Wendy Shay lamented.