Media personality Frank Edoho has shared his fear of dying because of emotional pain caused by a woman, saying he never wants heartbreak to define the end of his life.
The television host made the revelation during a recent interview on the YouTube show Outside The Box, where he spoke about emotional struggles, the pressure men face in silence and the personal battles he has experienced over the years.
His comments come amid the ongoing public fallout with his estranged wife, Sandra Onyenucheya, who recently accused him of infidelity, emotional abuse and financial irresponsibility.
“I don’t want to go to the gates of heaven and they ask me what killed me and they say it’s a woman. Whether that woman be my daughter, my wife, my mother, I don’t want that. I don’t want that to be my way out of this portal,” he said.
The former presenter of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire explained that he hopes to leave the world knowing he positively affected people’s lives rather than being remembered for emotional suffering.
“I want to die with a smile on my face saying that all the people I met, I tried to put a smile on their face, and to have the only regret that I wish I did more good. Not that I wish I had more time, that’s all,” he added.
Sandra had earlier taken to social media to accuse Edoho of cheating with multiple women during their marriage. She also alleged that he emotionally mistreated her, squandered her finances and pressured her into aborting their second child.
In response, Edoho denied the allegations and accused Sandra of being unfaithful, claiming she had an affair with singer Chike. He said he obtained recordings of conversations between them and even confronted the singer in an attempt to preserve the marriage for their children.
However, during the interview, Edoho chose not to directly address the accusations, focusing instead on the emotional burdens men often hide from society.
“The task of manhood is very daunting. Men don’t speak. Men go through a lot. Whatever a man is going through, he’s just silent. He doesn’t say it. He holds it to himself. And some of them go to the grave with it. Too many, actually,” he said.
He further disclosed that he once battled a difficult emotional period for nearly two years without opening up to anyone around him.
“For two years, there was a couple of years back I was in a very dark hole but nobody knew. I couldn’t call you guys. I just said, you know what, this is a journey I have to make on myself to reorganise myself. And I’m happy I did. But at the time, I thought that the walls were caving in,” he revealed.
Edoho said years in broadcasting trained him to hide his emotions whenever he was in front of the camera or microphone.
“Broadcasting taught me how to have a poker face. No matter what you’re going through, when it’s time to go on air, ‘Hi, good evening, welcome, I hope you’re having a nice time’, the only reason you’re not there is that you’re dead. If you’re alive, it doesn’t matter what you’re going through, you have to be there doing just that.
“But ironically, I can’t do it in real life. I can’t switch off like I switch off when the microphone is in front of me,” he said.
