Media personality Do2dtun has explained replying negative comments gives him a sense of relief and authenticity, rather than bottling things up.

Speaking during a recent podcast, he said: “I like the fact that I have a great pair of people who actually follow me and I rather deal with people that know me very well and what that means is that sometimes I can come across as… I kind of pose a personality that is abrasive but that’s not who I am”.

Explaining further, he noted how the entertainment industry often pressures public figures to ignore criticism.
He said: “I think for me it came from the idea of when I was in this space, entertainment as it is, it was easier to say things to people and then you just embrace it.

“Everybody has their own different threshold, right? Then it was easier for me to take these things sometimes, to validate these things. When someone says ‘ah you’re mad,’ I’m thinking okay maybe I’m actually mad.

“But because the fact that you’re in a space pushes you into a public position -okay, you’re a public figure, and certain things you can’t address, just leave it as it is”.

However, Dotun admitted that staying silent doesn’t always work for him.

“But the truth is I felt better…when somebody says certain things to me and I don’t like it and I’m not happy about it. I’m like a human being before anything. If I met you on the road and you said that to me, I probably would have replied you anyways. The only difference now is that it’s on the phone,” he said.

“There’s so many people I don’t even reply, I just block them off. But I feel better when you say things to me and I say mine back. Go and check all my conversations. If I address anything, I address it from a point of view of wisdom, and I’m not saying I’m the wisest person in the room, I just think I’m one of the few guys who I’ve seen I’m a human being before anything else, which is normal, it’s okay.”

Speaking further on his personal growth, Dotun explained how living his truth has helped him evolve as a person, even when it exposes his vulnerable side.

“Now apart from that, I also have grown to understand that I got better as a person when I became… I live my truth and I just don’t hold it back.

“For example, with all the things that happened with me, with family -people that know me, Dotun will never – so I saw comments like ‘Dotun will never have…’ that’s it. They saw that side of me because you’ve touched something that really got to me,” he said.

“And why would I lie to myself and hide if I have to deal with it differently? We’re all different.
“But the truth is that we are all in an industry that embraces that you don’t speak your truth regardless of whether it is or you see things going on with people and then you have to just suck it up because at the end of the day that’s what it says.”