Nigerian music star Tiwa Savage has openly talked about the emotional struggles she went through during and after her 2018 divorce from her ex-husband, Tunji ‘TeeBillz’ Balogun.

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In an interview on The Receipts Podcast, the 44-year-old shared how she dealt with challenges like postpartum depression, public criticism, and negative comments from well-known people.

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Tiwa explained that the divorce, which was initiated by her ex-husband, was publicly revealed through a surprising online announcement, and she ended up facing a lot of judgment from society.

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Despite doing “everything right”—completing university, getting married, and having a child within wedlock—Tiwa said she went from being “Nigeria’s sweetheart” to facing hate from blogs and the public.

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She said, “When I came out, I was Nigeria’s sweetheart when I started and I could do no wrong in Nigerian’s eyes. I did everything by the book. I went to university and I wasn’t a baby mama. I got married then I had a baby so I did everything in the right order and everybody loved me and then everything happened.

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“Then I started getting hate from blogs and I started getting hate from certain people. The way our situation happened, he announced it online. I didn’t break up with him but I was the one being attacked.

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“At the time, my baby was just a few months old and I was dealing with postpartum and my body wasn’t the same and I was depressed. Everyone then went to him and only a few people came to see me.

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“After I interviewed to tell my side of the story, it got worse. People were like ‘How dare you go and talk’ ‘You’re a woman and you’re supposed to build the house, it’s your fault’.

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“I remember famous people calling me to ask how I could tell my side of the story cuz I’d never win. Ever since then, I was like I won’t ever talk about the situation because it was very heartbreaking how the public took it and blamed me.”

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“It was an eye-opener for me and it made me depressed for so long. It got me angry then I became the ‘African Bad Girl.”

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“I thought to myself that after doing everything right I was still attacked. Then I started getting tattoos and wearing short skirts and bikini. I was just wild.”

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