'They said I smoke and was depressed' – Ahuofe Patricia recalls painful industry experience

Ghanaian actress Ahuofe Patricia has opened up about the impact of false reports alleging she smoked and battled depression, revealing how such stories affected her career and personal relationships. According to the actress, the rumours emerged early in her career and took a toll because she was much younger and hadn't developed the emotional maturity to handle intense public scrutiny. Speaking in an interview with Nana Romeo on Okay FM on September 16, 2026, Ahuofe Patricia said, “It’s been 14 years since I joined the industry and one thing that has really affected me is the stories that came up about me smoking. They even added that I was getting depressed. That was a huge blow. Also, I wasn’t grown like I am today, so it really took a toll on me. It affected a lot of things.” She explained that such reports can have long-term consequences because information published online can remain accessible for years and shape people's perception of a person. “When someone mentions your name in a search engine, these are the things that are going to come up. I feel like most of the time, they’re lies and sometimes, they’re blown out of proportion,” she stated. The actress specifically denied the claims that she smoked and was battling depression, saying, “Something they said about me which wasn’t true was the fact that I smoke and get depressed. Honestly, the first time I paid attention to the word depressed was in a blog about me. It’s not something that has ever crossed my mind; I had never thought about being depressed and I wonder where that came from.” Ahuofe Patricia further revealed that reports about celebrities can extend beyond their careers and affect their personal relationships. ‘I haven't met the man who wants to impregnate me’ - Ahuofe Patricia She recounted how people who meet celebrities or become interested in them may sometimes rely on things they have read online before forming opinions about them. “This even affects our personal relationships. When you meet someone and you start talking, maybe his friends see that you’re the one their friend is talking to, before you realize, he would come and tell you the things the friends said about you just because of what they saw on social media,” she noted. The actress therefore appealed to bloggers and media practitioners to exercise greater caution when reporting about public figures, particularly when the information has not been properly verified. “The blogs should consider us a little when you’re bringing out such stories. Because we work with people, they would hear these types of things and sometimes they would not really do their investigations, then assume they’re true because everything is online,” she said. Ahuofe Patricia urged the public to be more discerning about information encountered online, stressing that not every report published on social media or blogs should automatically be accepted as fact. “This also brings me to this point. Not everything you read online is true. Most of the time, they’re just clickbait,” she added. View this post on Instagram

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