- Mercy Eke, reality TV star and former BBNaija All-Stars edition housemate, recently revealed that she contemplated taking voluntary exit over five times while in the Big Brother house.
Her statement comes in the days following the conclusion of the show, where Ilebaye emerged as the winner.
Speaking about her time in the house and her contemplation of voluntary exit, Mercy Eke mentioned in an Instagram live video, “It wasn’t easy at all. Do you know when you’re feeling something is wrong and you can sense it?”
“Over five times, I contemplated taking a voluntary exit. Five times, I said I was leaving. I could feel things, but I persevered, and I made it to the end and to the top. Thank you, guys,” she added.”
Before this, Mercy Eke had, during one of her diary sessions, burst into tears while discussing the possibility of leaving the show.
Meanwhile many individuals have taken to the comments section of the post to express their views.
See some reactions below:
younick_eunice: “Mercy fanbase have proven to be the strongest ooo! omo I shock the gang ups and hate no be here. I felt sorry for Mercy. Woooow!! After all the decampings everywhere?? Yet she was never evicted. Wow!! She got a congratulatory message alongside Baye. Omo!!!”
okafi_: “Then Baye must have thought of leaving 59 times.”
lulu_whyte: “You can feel the pain in her yarns she really wanted to win sha.”
minty._meerie: “You no tell us this one before oh, you literally said you were going to win with so much confidence now you dey change mouth, Madam gettttouutt.”
babatosinajayi: “Keep quiet and get over it. You lost this one, we have a new winner. Celebrate her the way they celebrated you. Period!”
santosepaul: “Thank God say you no take the voluntary exit cos as Baye win now, people for say na you for win like say you no comot.”
jane.haddyberry: “Do you know the pressure of people letting her know if not because Tacha left she wouldn’t have won.. yes she had something to prove to haters & she did. Top 2 after 4years. it wasn’t about the money for her it was about letting y’all know!”
bokidss: “almost all of them ex Big housemates wanted to leave at some point. so my lambo is not lying.”
celestine.maryjane: “U even Dey reign pass winner sef, even people celebrated u pass winner, I no no who win na u be our Winner.”
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