Television host Frank Edoho does not want to die because of emotional pain caused by a woman, he revealed on Saturday in an interview on the YouTube channel Outside The Box.
Edoho, who became a household name hosting the Nigerian edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, said the thought troubles him deeply. "I don't want to go to the gates of heaven and they ask me what killed me and they say it's a woman. Whether that woman be my daughter, my wife, my mother, I don't want that. I don't want that to be my way out of this portal," he said.
Instead, the broadcaster said he hopes to leave the world having made a positive impact on others. "I want to die with a smile on my face saying that all the people I met, I tried to put a smile on their face, and to have the only regret that I wish I did more good. Not that I wish I had more time, that's all," he said.
During the interview, Edoho spoke about the pressures men face and their tendency to endure emotional pain silently. "The task of manhood is very daunting. Men don't speak. Men go through a lot. Whatever a man is going through, he's just silent. He doesn't say it. He holds it to himself. And some of them go to the grave with it. Too many, actually," he said.
Edoho disclosed that he himself went through a difficult personal period for two years without telling anyone. "For two years, there was a couple of years back I was in a very dark hole but nobody knew. I couldn't call you guys. I just said, you know what, this is a journey I have to make on myself to reorganise myself. And I'm happy I did. But at the time, I thought that the walls were caving in," he said.
He said his years in broadcasting taught him how to hide personal struggles while maintaining a calm appearance on air. "Broadcasting taught me how to have a poker face. No matter what you're going through, when it's time to go on air, 'Hi, good evening, welcome, I hope you're having a nice time', the only reason you're not there is that you're dead. If you're alive, it doesn't matter what you're going through, you have to be there doing just that," he said.
However, Edoho admitted this skill does not carry over into his personal life. "But ironically, I can't do it in real life. I can't switch off like I switch off when the microphone is in front of me," he said.
