Funny Face recounts depression and suicidal thoughts

• Posted on April 5, 2022April 5, 2022
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Funny Face has recounted his traumatic moment months ago when he wanted to end his life.  

“I was depressed. I thought I would die; I wanted to die” Funny Face told Delay in an interview which was monitored by The Chronicle. According to him, the situation was as a result of his failed marriages and subsequently the loss of access to his twins.

“I think when you go through a divorce, you need to heal first before you go into the next relationship. Or not just through divorce. When you go through a broken relationship, you need to heal. Because if you don’t heal and you get into the next relationship, you are just sitting on a time bomb; it will blow.”

“I didn’t heal from my first divorce before I remarried” Funny Face recounted adding that; “I will use this medium to caution people who get too much emotionally attached to something. When that thing is not there anymore, it will affect you. In this case, I was so emotionally attached to my girls.”

He recounted that during the time he was receiving treatment, he wasn’t focused on fighting for his consciousness as he should have. However, when his situation grew worse and he realized there are people who look up to him, he mustered courage to fight for his mental health.

“If you are being treated to regain consciousness and you’ve not understood the fact that you have to fight it and help yourself to be helped,” the situation will persist, he said.

He used the interview to apologise to Footballer Adebayor, CEO of EIB, Bola Ray, Father Dickson and all the people he verbally attacked during that period.

“When you are depressed, you need a word of hope. You expect someone to encourage and console you. No, I was not myself. I want to use your platform to apologize to them again. Bola Ray and his mother, Father Dickson and Adebayor.”

“I don’t blame anyone for what I went through. Because Adebayor, Bola Ray and Father Dickson advised me but at that time, you wouldn’t hear any advice because of the depression.”

“So, I’m really sorry. To anybody I said a word against, to Ghana police. I accept the fact that I caused everything. I beg Ghanaians.”

“Everything that I have been through in the past 2 years is buried. So, this is the new me. I have been back for about 6 months. Have you heard any untoward thing I’ve said?” he asked Delay.