Wunmi Obe has used the further news that have come to light since his death by apparent suicide to pluck what she says are gaping holes in the statement released by the widow of late American comedian Robin Williams.
Susan Schneider wrote of her grief, and heartbreak at the loss of her husband and best friend, and asked for privacy. Read full statement HERE.
But Wunmi Obe, married to husband Tunde Obe for decades – and I’m sure she has seen her fair share of the ups and downs of marriage, including bad health, bad finances, infidelity, etc – is not granting Susan Schneider that privacy. Wunmi is not even extending a hand of sympathy or understanding as someone who has experienced celebrity death in the family.
A seemingly very pissed off Wunmi Obe took to Facebook to comment:
‘Bullocks!!! Bitch, you were last to see your depressed husband and best friend alive at 10:30pm Sunday night before you retired to a separate room to sleep. ‘In the morning, you woke up and left the house without so much as checking up on your so-called husband and best friend, even if just to say good bye before leaving home. It was his worried assistant who eventually knocked and discovered him hanging in his bedroom, body already in a state of rigor mortis. Na now you come dey form titanic love story begin write public statement. I aint buying any of it’.
She did not stop there, but also went on Twitter to vent her spleen.
I really thought Wunmi Obe was a more level-headed and charitable woman. Maybe she will come out and say her account was hacked, or those are fake accounts and not really hers.
Unless that is the case, I’m sorely disappointed at the language, the tone of delivery, and the timing and public nature of this chastisement of a woman that just lost her husband a few days ago.
Maybe this is how women do things in Nigeria? I have heard of such stories where the wife always bears the brunt when the husband dies. Yes, I also heard that Wunmi did not allow Stella Damasus to mourn in peace, after her first husband and Wunmi’s younger brother died at a young age.
Like most gossip, I did not put much truth to it. But Wunmi’s recent rants make me begin to think she may have been just as uncharitable to her former sister-in-law Stella.
But what shall it profit us women to attack ourselves like this, and at such a vulnerable time? Why would one scrutinize all aspects of another woman’s relationship and lifestyle with her dead husband and then use to hammer her over the head. This is uncalled for and totally unnecessary.
So what if Susan Schneider and Robin Williams had separate rooms? So what if she left their house in the morning without saying good morning or goodbye? Are we suddenly privy to every other thing about them? Do we suddenly think we know why she she had to go out, and why she gave him space?
Does the fact that we share one bedroom with our husbands and are more hands on with their itinerary mean that all other couples must live the same?
Why do we think it is OK to attack widows?
Our Umuadas may do it in the village, but one would think that with education and exposure, which I’m sure Wunmi has loads of, we would begin to change and do things differently.
I am so sad writing this. Wunmi Obe, if you ever read this. You need to apologize.
Wunmi Obe Attacks Robin Williams’ Widow In Scathing and Heartless Open Letter
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