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Home›Allure Magazine›He’s not just a famous person, he’s a good person – Positivity activist gushes over Banky W

He’s not just a famous person, he’s a good person – Positivity activist gushes over Banky W

October 4,2017
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Mary Ero, a media personality and HIV/AIDS positivity advocate has decided to share a side of singer Banky W which is not known to many.

The former MTV staff took to her social media page to share how her experience with the fiance of Adesua Etomi shaped her life.

Recalling how her daughter’s father abandoned her when she was 6 months pregnant and diagnosed as HIV positive; losing her job and evicted from her home; Mary said, only two persons came through for her among the many celebrity friends she had.

Today, she took out time to celebrate Banky Wellington, one of the two persons that came to her aid in her time of crisis.

She wrote,

So today this happened. On the surface it might look like an ordinary celebrity / child-of-starstruck-parent photo opp but there is a deeper story here. About 8 years ago, while about 6 months pregnant with this little girl here, I fell onto terribly hard times.

I have chronicled most of it on my social media platforms but to summarise it, I was abandoned by my child’s father, lost my house, was kicked out unceremoniously from my job at MTV for no reason, and to crown it all, diagnosed HIV positive.

Shortly after that, my then best friend, with whom I was staying, decided she had had enough so I was given an eviction notice. Long story short, I began to reach out to my friends and acquaintances to try to pick up the pieces, get a place to stay, deliver safely and move on.

Suffice it to say that practically none of my celebrity ‘friends’ ever came through. These were people who would call me non-stop when I was in MTV but suddenly, I was invisible. The only people that did were this man, @bankywellington, and @funlolafar. (Funlola I don’t consider a friend but a sister, or worst case my cousin anyway.)

What was funny is that both of them had no knowledge of the situation I was in. I think this will be the first time Banky will be hearing of it. I just told him I was trying to raise money for a place, I think.

SEE ALSO: Loss, Poverty, Rape, Abusive Relationship And HIV – Ogechi Went Through It All But She Is Still Standing Strong!

In those days @bankywellington had not even come close to being as successful as he is now. Yet the next morning, before 7am, he had driven from his place in Lekki, to my house in Magodo with cash for me. And as usual, a hug.

Now one reason people are scared to ask for help especially money from friends is that the dynamics of the relationship changes after someone has helped you out. People who give suddenly feel somewhat superior to the receiver or even feel that the receiver is a tiresome distraction.

Not all the time but a lot of the time. However, with Banky there was never that awkwardness. I met him several more times as I managed to get back on my feet over the years and he never behaved like anything like that transpired between us. He was always warm, always hugging, always kind.

Today at ICM which I took my daughter to entirely by coincidence, I ran into him doing his ambassador duties at the Samsung stand. This would be the first time he would see my daughter ever. I had no intentions of her taking pics with him but he just grabbed her and asked ‘where’s your camera’?

Then he bagan to tell her how he and I go way back. It was all I could do not to cry a little. As we left, my daughter asked “Is he a famous person”? I said “Yes. But more importantly, he is a good person.”

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