Esther Musila, the spouse of Guardian Angel, has frequently mentioned how social media trolls have caused her to lose it.
Prior to dating Guardian Angel, who was already well-known, Musila was a private person.
Despite joining social media early, Musila revealed in a podcast interview with Digital Dada that she kept all of her accounts secret and limited to her closest friends.
“Until, now when I was exposed to the limelight after I met my husband. I would say it was hard. At some point, I kept wondering if that is what the limelight is all about. I was so shielded by the fact that I was a private person who did not want to expose myself to the world,” she said.
Adding:
“Being in this space now, where I have to endure insults, and everyone is on my case even those who don’t know me. At one time, I was sitting with Guardian in a room and wondering if I had offended anyone,” she narrated.
Musila relates how she met Guardian after waking up trending on Twitter and blogs because she had made the decision to be true to herself and had fallen in love.
“That I was having my name trending every now and then. It was very hard especially for my children since they were wondering why there was so much hate yet the hate came from people who did know me,” she said.
Trolls and social media hate
“The hate was from the photos my husband posted on his account about me or from blogs. I found that everyone wanted to know Esther and so, my social media were flooded with friend requests. I thought they would crash. I decided to open a public page for everyone who wanted to know who I was,” she said adding that she still has her private accounts.
One admirer, according to Musila, used a false account to wish for her death among the countless comments she received from her followers.
“Someone sent me a message in a pseudo account and said,’ You will die before Guardian. I wish you death.'”
“It was at 5:27 am. I left the bed and went to the living room. I asked myself how someone could not sleep wishing death on me.
For what reason? I thought about replying and I did. I talked to the person in a polite way. There are things I respond to and others I block, I have over 5k blocked accounts coz I don’t the negative energy on my page. I am about good vibes.”
“A lot of people are going through so much in their lives and so when they see me post a nice picture of me smiling, its becomes bitter to them. People should find their own happiness.”
