I fell in love with the wrong person’ – Toni Payne

   
Days after responding angrily to a Twitter user who accused her again of cheating on her ex-husband with Ruggedman, Toni Payne took to her Instagram page to share a few words on the incident this morning in a lengthy post.


 The mother of one and ex-wife of singer cum politician, 9ice, said falling in love with the wrong person is the genesis of the difficult situation she has had to cope with. In her words: ‘The other day I lost my cool when I should have ignored because I let people who do not matter get to me. It got me trending in a way I did not like and that for me I can’t ignore. Till today, I get an unreasonable amount of hate for something I did not do. I ignore most times but this time I reacted. I’ve been thru a lot so sometimes I find them hard to ignore, maybe because I’ve addressed it to the point that it feels like it will never go away. I’ve been called every name in the book, bitch, attention seeker, etc simply because I loved the wrong person but still I held my head high choosing to carry on. I do my best to stay true to who I am and be a good person. Though some may deem it weakness, I’m a free spirit and have no problem baring my soul so yes I’ll admit, even though I’m strong, it sometimes gets to me. Not because their opinions matter but because I even have to deal with it in the first place and most of the time it feels surreal. I understand that not everyone will like me, so they will use anything they can against me.

 I probably wouldn’t care if it was something I actually did. Then I’ll accept that It is what it is. I wish I could explain the feeling of being wrongly accused in that magnitude. It’s like a million welts digging deep at your soul, and no one seems to understand you. To some it’s funny, to some it’s a headline, to me, it’s reassurance I have to give my son that a nasty rumor was badly mismanaged. It’s the explaining I will be doing in the years to come. It’s irritating when it keeps popping up and I have to turn the other cheek but I’m learning each day to always keep my cool.

 I’m happy and content but also human. Excuse me if I react sometimes to stupidity thrown in my direction. God gave me a fresh start and for that I should be grateful. Apologies if I disappointed anyone by clapping back…..I promise next time to try harder to ignore and hopefully this will be the last of it.