18/5/2025
Ex Big Brother Naija Season 7 housemate, Doyin David, has declared that she will no longer participate in any Nigerian reality show, citing the negative impact it had on her mental health and public image.
Speaking during a recent podcast, Doyin revealed that her experience on BBNaija was mentally draining and left her feeling overexposed.
She criticised the way reality shows portray contestants, saying it often creates misleading impressions about their true personalities.
She noted that Nigeria’s highly judgmental environment worsened the experience, making her reluctant to return to any local reality TV platform.
However, she hinted at being open to appearing on a reality show outside the country under different circumstances.
Doyin David
She said, “When you go on a reality TV show. They portray you how they want to portray you. Not everything is how you really are, but they’ve given everybody an impression of you, and some of those impressions are not true. There’s a lot that people think about me and think I am, in terms of my personality, that is really not who I am at all.
Being on a reality TV show, my experience was very challenging mentally, very exposing. I wouldn’t do it again for any amount of money. Except it’s a reality TV show outside the country, then I’ll probably take it. But Nigerians are too judgmental, so no, I’m not blessing them with my presence ever again”.