- Safiu Kehinde
Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Tiwa Savage, has recounted her ordeal on her infamous leaked sex tape, stressing on the public’s misconception of the scandal as a Public Relations stunts rather than blackmail.
Recall that the 45-year-old singer had in 2021 sent tongues waggling after coming under spotlight with the leaked sextape.
The video which was leaked in October 2021 had triggered controversies with some netizens and fans left in shock over the sextape of the Queen of Afrobeats.
While Tiwa Savage had long opened up on the incident with she claimed to blackmail plot against her, the singer would again recount her ordeal in video shared on X on Wednesday.
Speaking on the Breakfast Club progamme on a United Kingdom-based radio station, Heart Radio, Savage dismissed claims of the leaked sextape being a PR stunt as she claimed she would appeared much better in the video if it was meant for PR.
“My people didn’t see it like that. They thought I did it for PR. A lot of people thought oh she’s not relevant anymore so she’s doing this.
“Trust me, if I wanted to do that, I would have set it up right. I would have been in sexy lingering. That facial expression wouldn’t have been what it was.
“It would have been completely different if I really want to do that.” She said.
While recounting foiled attempt to identify those behind the blackmail, Tiwa Savage disclosed passing through trauma during the ordeal.
She however held that the most painful part of the leaked sextape was people’s involving of her son in the scandal as she was brandished a failed mother.
“We tried actually but we couldn’t. Me trying was just too traumatic for me. I just wanted to take it off.
“They were like ‘how can you, at your age, have a sex tape?’
“I’m like first of all, I didn’t even know. I didn’t know what’s happening and the person was my boyfriend at the time. Even if I wanted to do things, that was my boyfriend.
“But they saw it as being immoral. But I was like I know what some of you guys do worse than this. That was painful for me.
“It was really painful because they put my son into it that ‘I was a failed Mum. My son is gonna grow up and see this. He’s gonna be disappointed in his Mum. How can I do this?’
“I had to talk to my parents about this. That hurt me more than the actual thing. Like you’re saying I’m a bad mother for having sex.” Tiwa Savage said.
On her mother’s reaction when she heard about the scandal, Tiwa Savage expressed relief as her mother was said to have urged her to pay no attention to critics.
“Thanks for my family. First thing my Mum when she called me, she was like, don’t listen to them o, I’m just happy you are enjoying yourself.” Tiwa Savage said
She further spoke on her ex-boyfriend who recorded the video, expressing disappointment after discovering he had done it for a bet.
“He said she didn’t know she was being recorded.
“He said he was trying to save it, and he pressed sent by accident on snapchat. He was my boyfriend, and we were in a relationship. I am hearing later that it was a bet.”The singer added.