Morayo Afolabi-Brown, a TV show host, said a caller rained curses on her after taking issue with the questions she asks guests during interviews. She said the attack left her disturbed because it crossed from online criticism into a phone call directed at her personally.
“I got a call from somebody who rained curses on me. She said, she said, she said, and so many other unprintable words,” Brown said in a video posted on her Instagram handle on Friday. She added that she had been dragged on social media for years, but said she does not read those messages.
The Morayo Show and interview style
Brown said the backlash was tied to the way she conducts interviews on The Morayo Show. She said, “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.”
She also drew a line between tough questioning and hostility. “My show is not for criticising and bashing people. My show is a show where we give love and joy,” she said, while adding that she respects guests and sometimes gives them the questions or a scope of topics in advance.
21 years in media
Brown said her career gives her the authority to ask hard questions. “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,” she said.
She made the point sharper with a hypothetical line that leaves little room for confusion about her approach: “If Donald Trump comes here tomorrow, I will ask him whatever the heck I want to ask him.”
Ireti Doyle on The Morayo Show
Brown also pointed to an appearance by Ireti Doyle on The Morayo Show, saying the veteran actress declined to discuss details of her divorce. That example sits at the center of the criticism Brown described: not every guest answers every question, but she says the asking itself is part of the job.
The caller’s identity has not been disclosed, which leaves the episode as a record of how criticism of interview style can move from commentary to direct harassment. For viewers, the more immediate takeaway is that Brown is not backing away from difficult questions; she is treating the backlash as part of the territory.
