Media personality K Naomi landed in hot water on the social media streets on Wednesday morning after her tweet showing a lack of understanding for mental illnesses, particularly bipolar disorder, went viral.
Naomi, who has shared that she’s suffered from depression in the past, randomly took to Twitter on Tuesday night to talk about how she “hates” bipolar people and their ever-changing vibes.
“I hate bipolar people… You can’t always switch up, choose your vibes and be about them,” she wrote.
Tweeps expressed their disgust at the seemingly ignorant tweet and went on to slam Naomi and even reminded her that nobody said they hate her “vibes” when she openly shared her depression journey in 2018.
I hate bipolar people…
You can’t always switch up, choose your vibes and be about them 🙏🏽— K Naomi👑 (@KNaomi_N) June 18, 2019
Naomi revealed at the time she was seeing a psychologist and depending on her family’s support to deal with minor depression.
“So… This year I’ve been suffering from minor depression. As small as it may seem I hit rock bottom and felt like I couldn’t handle or wasn’t in control of my life. With the help of family and a psychologist, I’ve been pushing through. Thought I’d share,” she said.
Maybe K Naomi is one of those people who use the word Bipolar loosely because she doesn’t really understand what it means, I think I want to believe that, otherwise imbi pic.twitter.com/s1uHZzRgfq
— Gone Girls Worldwide 😍❤️ (@NormaMlowtywah) June 19, 2019
Hmmmmm that’s was so insensitive of her to say but hey her phone her rules who are we to tell Her what’s not to do and what’s to do K Naomi 😏😏😏 pic.twitter.com/coroy8y1l5
— Meluleki Simelane 🇸🇿 (@IamSluga) June 19, 2019
black twitter to K Naomi in the morning pic.twitter.com/HkjoqQu4uD
— tsonga papii. (@Troniiq_Sithole) June 19, 2019
Tweeps, including celebrities like Florence Masebe and Thando Thabethe, couldn’t believe that Naomi could be so “reckless” in her tweet about bipolar disorder.
“I’m speechless,” said Florence before she apologised to a tweep who seemed hurt by K Naomi’s tweet. “Sorry. Those who know the journey understand the seriousness of the illness,” Florence said. Here are some of the reactions.
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Source: Timeslive
