Learn about how cyberbullying pushed BBNaija Season 6 Tega and 4 other female celebrities – Ruby Rose, Kelly Marie Tran, Millie Bobby Brown, Ariel Winters – off social media, making them deactivate their accounts.
From insulting and hurtful comments to mocking memes, social media became too much of a burden to these celebrities, so they had to deactivate their accounts.
Social media was created to bring people together, to enable them to share life events, happenings and just about anything else with friends and family. Sometimes, celebrities use it as a way to connect with fans.
Despite this noble intention, it is still subjected to disturbingly sexist, racist or purely hateful comments, and this is the reason BBNaija’s Tega and the other celebrities were pushed into social media hiatus.
Here is the reason they were subjects of cyberbullying.
1. Tega Dominic
The former Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Tega Dominic, stated that she was done with being judged constantly and then went ahead to deactivate her social media account.
The mother of one set tongues wagging, the week before her eviction from the BBNaija house, with a viral video of her kissing fellow housemate Boma.
Other videos that went viral showed her kissing Boma in front of the housemates, and also at the executive lounge where he spanked her bum.
Another clip showed her and Boma under the duvet, which everyone speculated involved intimate actions. And being a married woman made her the primary target of criticisms.
In her explanation, Tega insisted that the act was a script.
“I did not have sex with Boma in the house. Everything we did under the duvet was intentional; it was part of our strategy.
“If we had not been evicted on Sunday, perhaps the viewers would have got a clear picture of what we were trying to do. Since we were evicted, we went home with an ‘uncompleted script’,” she said.
Her explanation did nothing to reduce cyberbullying. If anything, it only increased it.
See also: BBNaija Season 6 contestant Boma Akpore biography, fight with Angel, sex with Tega.
Not being able to handle it anymore, Tega Dominic deactivated her Instagram account on Tuesday, 5 October 2021. Taking to her Twitter handle, she tweeted: “I am not perfect but I am done! Done with the negativity. Done with the online bullying. Done with being judged constantly. I am mentally exhausted!! [sic]”
2. Ruby Rose
Ruby Rose started experiencing cyberbullying in 2018 when she was cast as Batwoman for the CW series Arrowverse. This role cast was an apparent win for the LGBTQ community because it is a traditionally gay character that will, in turn, be played by a gay actress.
This didn’t go down well with all fans as some were not happy with CW’s casting pick, and they took to Twitter to voice their opinions, sending Rose a series of abusive messages and comments.
Most of the backlash the actress got were centred around the claim that she isn’t “gay enough” to play the role of Kate Kane (aka Batwoman).
