Popular media personality Toke Makinwa, has finally opened up on her experiences at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Toke's participation in Nigeria's 1411-man COP28 delegation sparked outrage online, with many netizens doubting her role at the meeting.
In the most recent episode of her podcast, 'TokeMoments,' the actress stated that she was unbothered about the online call out but began to take the backlash seriously when certain high-profile people began calling her 'Item Seven' at a hotel in Dubai.
As a guest on the show, Nollywood actress Ini Edo asked Toke, "How did your attendance at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai go?" Did you participate in the panel discussions?"
Makinwa responded by saying she did what she set out to do, and that the response was one of the COP28's top trends.
She said, “Yes. I accomplished everything I set out to do with it [COP28]. I was just shocked [by the uproar]. And I think because Dubai is three hours [ahead of Nigeria], I woke up to see the backlash on social media.
“For me, it started feeling serious when important people started calling me. And I think that for me was funny. I walked into this hotel in Dubai where they were a lot of important people, all of them have seen the backlash and they started calling me ‘item seven’ and it was funny. We all just laughed. It was so funny.”
