"If I had seen a balcony, I would have jumped": Davido opens up about the scandal that drove him to suicide

David Adeleke, the multi-award-winning Afrobeats star better known as Davido, has opened up about a painful chapter in his life, revealing that a scandal in 2014 led him to have suicidal thoughts.

In an interview with Vibe Magazine, the singer recounted how a seemingly ordinary night in Ghana turned into a nightmare that almost broke him emotionally.

According to Davido, who recently unveiled his Atlanta villa, the incident occurred after a concert in Ghana, when he invited a woman he met at a nightclub to follow him to his hotel room.

He had no idea that this encounter would soon become one of the most embarrassing moments of his life.

The photo that plunged him into panic

Davido explained that his manager, Asa Asika, rushed into his room with shocking news.

The woman had posted a photo of him asleep online.

At the time, the singer was still young and trying to manage her fame, which made the situation even harder to accept.

This was followed by a deluge of calls from family members.

"My father would call me. My sisters would call me," he recalls.

The pressure, embarrassment, and fear of public judgment had become unbearable. Reflecting on his profound distress, Davido made a surprising confession.

"The girl sent me a picture of me asleep. My father was calling me. My sisters were calling me. If I had seen the balcony that day, I would have jumped," he said.

The singer explained that he was young, carefree, and very involved in his romantic relationships at that time.

Looking back, he believes that this scandal was a major lesson that transformed his view of fame, privacy, and responsibility.

More than ten years later, Davido says that this experience helped shape the man and global superstar he has become.