Maya Jama has told her fans that she is taking a social media break, saying she needs to take a detox as she was feeling “overwhelmed”.
She posted on her Instagram story: “Deleted social media apps from my phone for a few days to let my mind breathe and my management have been on here instead.
“A gentle reminder to anyone feeling overwhelmed, low or triggered by things they are seeing online right now id recommend having a social media break too.
“My work will be posting/ reposting work related things for a little while. Brb x.” [sic]
Fans took to her Twitter post as one wrote: “Take care of yourself Maya. Our mental health is just as important as physical health. I think a social media break is always a good idea.”
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Another added: “Hope ur okay. Having this insight into the ways to be kind to urself is so important I hope ur feeling calm and settled.”
Her announcement comes days after she spoke to The Guardian about the murder of her childhood boyfriend, which happened when she was only aged 16.
She said: “That changed my life completely. Losing somebody close to you as a teenager, particularly your first love, rocks your whole world and you are forced to see life differently.
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“And you feel like life is too short. I don’t want to look back and not have done everything I wanted to do.
“He was an innocent man who lost his life instantly at 21, and that shocks you and it also makes you snap up, like, no, I’m not wasting time any more.”
Maya also hit back at several fans after she received backlash for a plunging dress she wore on Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer earlier this month.
Maya received heavy backlash for her plunging dress on Peter Crouch’s new BBC show (Image: BBC)
After some fans complained about Maya’s black and purple floral patterned dress, which showed off her cleavage, Maya hit back on social media.
As one told her that her dress made them “feel awkward”, Maya replied: “I appreciate your concern. I am able and allowed to dress how I please. ‘If you feel uncomfortable by my boobs sitting in my dress that’s on you sis.
“We’re all fighting for equality and similar treatment to our male counterparts.
“Don’t let the side down by hyper sexualising my bod.
“If you’re uncomfortable with my boobs that’s on you.’
She later posted in a general post on her social media: “Sometimes I retweet trolls not for sympathy or for you guys to get at them but just to remind you that people are MAD on here…
“And more time if someones gone out the way to be mean to a stranger unprovoked it’s a reflection on them not you, i laugh at it now cause I’m used to it.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
