Tomi Adeyemi says she left film set of adaption of her ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ in tears

Culture & TrendsTomi Adeyemi says she left set of film adaption of her ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ in tears, is being ‘antagonized’The author posted a TikTok video on Wednesday alluding to her suffering on the set of her novel’s film adaptation, without providing many details. Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Tomi Adeyemi in Los Angeles in 2025.JB Lacroix / WireImageShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJuly 30, 2026, 12:37 PM EDTBy Rebecca CohenTomi Adeyemi, the author of the novel “Children of Blood and Bone,” said in a TikTok video posted Wednesday that she left the set of the book’s film adaptation in tears. Throughout the video, in which Adeyemi appeared emotional, the author referenced suffering on the set of the movie, which is set to be released in January, without providing details on events that transpired. In the video, Adeyemi said she wouldn’t speak about “everything that I also suffered through, or endured, to make the adaptation a reality.” Instead, she said she was only going to speak about “what happened after I left that set of my own film adaptation hyperventilating and sobbing, and there are many witnesses so it’s not really a secret.” “I came back to America and suffered such severe somatic pain and so many panic attacks and I knew it was so bad that I would never ever be able to watch this film and I made peace with that,” she said. “But as it is being marketed,” she said, referencing the film’s trailer, which dropped on Tuesday, “and as I am still being antagonized behind the scenes, which is where I hoped all of this would stay, it’s become apparent to me that that reality needs to at least be made known so that you guys can understand how this film, which I worked on to make it a little better for us to be alive, is also the worst thing I have ever had to live through, and I don’t wish to speak on it anymore.” Adeyemi co-wrote the movie’s screenplay. She has previously spoken about how she will never watch the film because of ex...