Media personality Tolu Oniru, popularly known as Toolz, has strongly criticized Nigerian music legend 2Face Idibia for publicly announcing his divorce from Annie Macaulay-Idibia. Speaking on the latest episode of her podcast, Off Air, Toolz expressed disappointment over the timing and manner in which the separation was made public, insisting that it could have been handled privately.
According to Toolz, 2Face’s decision to go public with the divorce was particularly insensitive given Annie’s current emotional state. The actress has been facing intense public scrutiny and backlash following her appearance on the reality show Young, Famous & African, making the announcement even more distressing.
“There is a lot that goes on in marriages. They [2Face and Annie] have had very public ups and downs. But I just feel that this is something they could have handled privately, especially with what was going on with Annie at that point,” she stated.
The media personality emphasized that divorces happen privately all the time and suggested that 2Face should have considered Annie’s well-being before making such a public declaration.
“It didn’t need to come out now. People get divorced privately all the time. Everybody knows that Annie loves 2Face very much. It is quite sad for a lot of people because when you think about their love journey, everybody wanted a happy-ever-after for her, but life happened.”
Toolz further added that making such an announcement at a time when Annie was already dealing with heavy criticism from the public was unfair.
“I feel like somebody you got married to, at some point, I imagined you loved, mother of your children, everything—when she’s going through something really publicly, and people are attacking her, it’s not nice to just come and announce that you’re divorcing her that same period.”
Her reaction adds to the growing list of celebrities weighing in on the Idibias’ highly publicized separation. Figures like Blackface, Daddy Freeze, Iyabo Ojo, and Toke Makinwa have also shared their thoughts on the matter. While some have outrightly condemned 2Face for how he handled the situation, others have called for calm and a more civil approach to navigating the split.
With emotions running high, it remains to be seen how both 2Face and Annie will choose to proceed in the coming weeks.
