Child star, Clara Bension, popularly known as Maame Serwaa has revealed the emotional distress she endured following her mother’s death, including false accusations that she was responsible.
According to the Kumawood star, the unfounded rumours pushed her to the brink of even considering suicide.
In an emotional interview on the Okukuseku show with Emelia Brobbey, she revealed that; “It’s not easy. I was very close to her. I remember talking to my mum, and she said she wouldn’t die until she had held her grandchildren in her arms. Everyone who was close to me knew how tight I was with my mother,” she recounted.
Maame Serwaa further said, she “was very hurt when I heard people say I had killed my mother or used her for something. Let’s say I wasn’t who I am today or I was just an ordinary person—would people still say such things about me?” she questioned.
She revealed that the backlash had a severe impact on her mental health, leading her to contemplate suicide on multiple occasions.
“I felt really bad. There were times I would look at myself in the mirror and ask, ‘Am I a bad person?’ I tried to harm myself on so many occasions. I felt that I had lost a part of myself. The people around me even restricted my access to my phone because they didn’t want me to see what was being said about me online,” she disclosed.
She dismissed the rumors that she used her mother for rituals.
Maame Serwaa’s mother, Mrs Rose Amoateng Bensonpassed away on 7 December 2017, following a brief illness. She was laid to rest on Saturday, 20 January 2018, at Atwema Koforidua in the Ashanti Region.
