‘What’s my sin?’ Morayo Afolabi-Brown laments after caller rains curses on her

Television host Morayo Afolabi-Brown has expressed frustration after receiving a phone call from a woman who allegedly rained curses on her over the questions she asks guests during interviews.

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Afolabi-Brown, host of The Morayo Show and former co-host of Your View, disclosed the incident in a video shared on her Instagram page on Friday, saying she was stunned that someone would call her directly to insult her because of her job.

“I got a call from somebody who rained curses on me. She said, she said, she said, and so many other unprintable words,” she said.

The media personality said she is no stranger to criticism on social media and has over time chosen to ignore such reactions. She, however, noted that the recent incident felt different because the caller had direct access to her personal phone number.

“I’ve been dragged on social media for many years for different reasons. So I don’t read those messages because it’s not my kind of thing. But for somebody to have the privilege of having my phone number and calling me and raining curses on me… what’s my sin? The kind of questions I ask guests or the names I call during my interviews?”

Afolabi-Brown said the backlash may not be unconnected to some of the questions she recently asked guests on her programme, including asking one of them about an experience at a funeral.

She defended her style of interviewing, saying her years of experience in the media have earned her the right to ask difficult questions.

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“I’ve been in the media for 21 years. I’ve been on television for 12 years, every single day, Monday to Friday, hosting a TV show. There are only a handful of Nigerians who have that experience.

“If there’s anybody in this country that has the right to ask anybody any kind of question, it is I. I’ve earned it.”

She added that her approach would remain the same regardless of the status of the guest, including if she were to interview global leaders.

“If Donald Trump comes here tomorrow, I will ask him whatever the heck I want to ask him.”

Afolabi-Brown also rejected claims that she intentionally makes guests uncomfortable, explaining that she often agrees on boundaries with them before interviews.

“I respect my guests. Some of them, I give them the questions, tell me what they want to answer. Others, I give them a scope. The people that I know I flow with, we flow. I don’t need to ask them any questions. I just say, ‘Don’t go to this area, don’t go to that area,’ and it’s fine.”

She said her programme was designed to spread positivity and not to attack or embarrass people.

“My show is not for criticising and bashing people. My show is a show where we give love and joy.”

Afolabi-Brown, while reacting to the abusive call, maintained that asking questions is a fundamental part of her role as a journalist and television presenter.

“It’s quite disheartening for somebody to call me and rain curses at me because I asked a question. It’s my job, for heaven’s sake, to ask questions. That’s my job.”