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I watched the video interview of Tiwa Savage. And I have a few thoughts on it.

Seems to me that the basic idea, coming from a PR perspective, was to pull a fast Olivia Pope ish on the scandal which broke a few hours ago. And understandably so. Tiwa Savage is a Brand Ambassador for a few top brands such as MTN, Pepsi and Pampers.

Whatever the negative fallout of this impending and scandalous divorce , it’s going to have some downside a bit on the brands she campaigns for. So a fast ‘tell-my-side-of-the-story mode’ had to be employed and fast too.

I don’ t know if a professional PR person was involved with the packaging but it was tacky. Not professionally done, in my opinion. I’m not harping on what she said, as those things are her personal heart cry and she has a right of reply but I’m more interested in the optics of what has been put out.

First, perhaps in a bid to elicit some linear empathy or something, Tiwa was made to think that looking humble and contrite corresponds with tying a dormitory scarf on her head and looking casual in a T Shirt was a good way to send the message home. I think it only demystified her brand more. This is a video which would be watched for years to come and even more so by her kid. Having tried so hard to be a Beyonce clone in Nigeria (and that’s my perception of her artistic projections all these years), she should have known too that Beyonce never plays with her optics in any way. That scarf and sombre look wasn’t the right optics, if you ask me. There are more visually acceptable ways of projecting a diva’s side of the story and her PR team ( if she has any) messed it up there.

I’m asking myself too if the proprietary of having such an interview twenty four hours after the scandal was advisable. For many, it wouldn’t matter but for some, perhaps a little dignified silence would have been advisable. Ma’am, you are supposed to be pop queen. You be ‘ Dorodiva’ . A simple press statement that you and your family would love to have your privacy respected at these trying period and bla bla bla would have kept everyone a bit cool till a proper interview surfaces. Recent clamping up lessons from Toke Makinwa would have helped.

And the spilling though! I really have nothing to say on that much. First, every marriage has peculiar challenges. And couples try to work things out till the pressure point either makes the marriage go South or force the brakes for reconciliation.

I have written many times about couples, especially celebrity couples who ‘flash and form’ seemingly pristine lifestyles on social media and I always end my homilies with the caveat that incessant kudos by one or even both partners to each other on social media at the slightest opportunity, are indications of a festering problem in that marriage. It’s the way it is here. The guy can be pummeling the wife every morning and she still would go up on social media to post his picture with words like ‘the only one for me…my lover, my life’. Incredible.

In her interview, Tiwa said she dreaded his birthdays or wedding anniversaries because of “what people would say”. Sad, when a marriage is predicated on keeping up appearances for the public when it should actually be more private for both couples.

Like I said, what she said in the interview is her right of reply. I would sympathise with her beyond the cosmetic sympathies she’s getting from fans, friends and fiends. She wanted a fairy tale life, worked hard to build it but found out that she was kissed by a frog who didn’t turn out to be the Prince she desired. My sympathy would be on the truncation of that dream and really not the nightmare she woke up from. Because she created it with him. And it had its entertainment value for the fans who lapped it all up.



He was still legally married, from reports back then which were either squashed or played down, yet did she ignore the alarm bells and went ahead to marry him “after the traditional introduction”? Was the celebration in far away Dubai just a reception for the introduction perhaps and not the legal nuptials? I stand to be corrected on this?

It’s the classic case of the gullible girls always falling for the bad guys. And when you ask the question why such girls fall into that trap, they would reply that ‘I thought I could change him. That he would change’. Shiooor! His father could not change him, his mother could not change him but it’s you and your ikebe that will now change him?

The gods are wise!

She has denied the allegations of the trysts she purportedly had with Don Jazzy, Dr Sid and Tuface. Just as well too. Because I’m sure those guys must have had some temporary flaccidity after Tee’s ‘depressed’ rant. Person go just siddon e own and next tin your name go dey for somebody gbanshing list! Na wa o.

And hasn’t this marital incubus taken its toll on her career in the past year? I think it has. In my opinion, this last album of Tiwa is crap. It’s quite a flat album. And it’s being received as such since its release in December. Perhaps the matrimonial shenanigans distracted the focus.

It’s going to be hard work to rebuild her career from here on. Hard work.

But she could just reinvent her career . She seems like one who came into the scene with a ferocious focus to be on top. And she was arguably the biggest female act on the scene before perhaps a personal yearn for emotional fulfilment veered her off the path. And in trying to make a comeback, it hasn’t been easy. The fans have limited patience and other female rivals have come on the scene.

Somehow, some comic relief seems to have come out of this. And it is perhaps culinary by inference. ‘ Edible Catering’. Talk about choking on one’s swallow! No pun intended.

I do not know how people psycho-analysed that Tee Blizz’s instagram rants were as a result of depression. It seemed like a drunken or spaced-out outcry to me when I read it. And an accompanying recant on twitter later that his was hacked seemed too like some silly sobriety thereafter. It’s high time these celebrities stop using the hacking excuse to cover up for infantile indiscretion.

In all of this, I do feel some little sympathy for the couple. But there is a larger lesson to be learnt from all this by them and intending couples too ; stop trying to keep up with The Joneses when in actual fact you have forgotten that you are The Jegedes. Keep the ish real.

Oh….and if Tee Blizz was really hovering around the Lekki Ikoyi bridge as reported, for a suicide swim from which he was saved by Banky and others, then I would advise a whole squad or eagle – eyed friends to surround all bridges in Lagos after this Tiwa’s interview.

She cleaned him out. Finished his ass like he messed up hers the day before.

Dude’s likely to see any bathtub as a river after he watches that video.

http://www.charlesnoviadaily.com/a-really-really-savage-blitz-by-charles-novia/

aha my sojourn for FTC finally paid off...big shout out to all doz still in d labour market. BTW I like minding my business wudnt interfere in anybody marriage wahala so far as it wudnt epp my present condition

may all problems and Walhala end in the life of Tiwa and T. in Jesus name Amen

I hear u

Mr Charles Novia the analyst..no one is perfect!I'm so sure she sacrificed her peace of mind all because of our society that frowns @divorce..tee billz too tried his best for her career till he became a pest..they did nt make themselves.it did nt jst work out..and such is life!it could be you....they have tried their best..#dealgonebad#

If Tee-Billz was smart,he would have become a "boss major" by now. I can't imagine being married to an artiste of Tiwa's status,and not becoming a major force to reckon with in the industry. He just wasn't able to leverage on what He had(Tiwa),to create a better life for himself and Tiwa.

So no other story aside dis Tiwa and husband issue.

When will Tiwa and this T-billz matter end sef.

All of you zhould gwo away with zhis tiwa damage & ill bliss story

If only Iceprince had known, he wont have mentioned Teeblizz and Tiwa in his song "That could be us"

Who have time to read all this?

Meanwhile, all these news won't deter me from marrying Chidinma Ms Kedike.
.

Flavour na joke ooo.

Tiwa should be thankful to Banky and Psquare,

if that guy had jumped from that bridge, her own for don finish.

nobody would have listened to her, let alone believing her story

btw -
this part of the article make me laugh spill drink for my shirt.

simtosul:
Person go just siddon e own and next tin your name go dey for somebody gbanshing list ! Na wa o.

Pls ... can someone summarize all that . I'm too lazy to read long posts these days

Who is Tiwa savage?? Dis is d reason no man wants to marry genevieve nd linda ikeji. With their wealth, dey cant be submissive to their husbands.

Tiwa and tbliss again

[size=15pt]I am a man but damn women go through a lot, i pray for my sisters every time.

I know what this lady is going through. Marriage is not easy especially when you marry a guy who like to spend too much on fashion and expensive life, live a life that is not true. Once they get broke you are in trouble, and if you are getting money while they are no more getting hmm wahala dey be that. Unless you start ing for him and give him your ATM. Any day you say NO u can't spend my money like this he will start with ''you want to turn me to your boi boi, you want to control me''. I can't continue typing because I will not stop. most Nigerian men will cheat and turn to accuse you of cheating even when they know you are so faithful. Most women die in silence and pretence because of what people will say but the truth is at the end you are the only one who is in pain and depression.

Honestly. The husband will even kill you so he is free to mess around. If you die he will just remarry so you better pack your bags before he goes and poisons you.

That interviewer was biased, completely unprofessional, unfeeling and unreceptive too. Her posture, the way she phrased questions was sometimes attacking. She made close to no eye , her face showed no interest or empathy and she badly worded her questions. Some of the questions were not needed! Very unprofessional! Tiwa did well to even complete the interview.

As for you Teebliz or Teespoon abi wetin dem dey call you, you are a rogue, if you indeed wanted to commit suicide, you should have drank poison in your room jeje....... You are just using publicity stunts to cover up your atrocities. The fact is ''E DEY PAIN YOU BECAUSE TIWA DON BLOCK ALL MEANS WEY YOU DEY TAKE COLLECT HER MONEY, SO YOU RESULTED TO ''I GO FAKE SUICIDE ATTEMPT AND ACCUSED TIWA'' .

We men need to respect women! In addition, we men need to also respect ourselves[/size]

Jargons

[size=14pt] person go just sit down write this long epistle on top another person marriage and personal wahala.. nawa oo

Couples break up everyday..
The tin wey pain me na d money wey dem (I mean Tiwa) spend go do weddin wey for Dubai and say Tiwa stay for d marriage because of wetin pple (or d society) go tink of her... if not,
Wetin concern me?
But i think Girls (& guys) should learn from this,do not go into any marriage wit d hope of changing your partner..cos you cant change anybody.. and for those alredy in an unhappy marriage,please leave and stop faking happiness to please people..
#TheOracleHasSpoken
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Btw,listen to my songs at http://my.notjustok.com/p/oracle/

goldbim:
Mr Charles Novia the analyst..no one is perfect!I'm so sure she sacrificed her peace of mind all because of our society that frowns @divorce..tee billz too tried his best for her career till he became a pest..they did nt make themselves.it did nt jst work out..and such is life!it could be you....they have tried their best..#dealgonebad#

pls be my edible catering

he his just trying to get attention. ..or jealous cos e wasn't d 1 dat did d interview

Interesting article.

She wanted a fairy tale life, worked hard to build it but found out that she was kissed by a frog who didn’t turn out to be the Prince she desired. My sympathy would be on the truncation of that dream and really not the nightmare she woke up from. Because she created it with him. And it had its entertainment value for the fans who lapped it all up.
He was still legally married, from reports back then which were either squashed or played down, yet did she ignore the alarm bells and went ahead to marry him “after the traditional introduction”? Was the celebration in far away Dubai just a reception for the introduction perhaps and not the legal nuptials? I stand to be corrected on this?
[size=14pt]It’s the classic case of the gullible girls always falling for the bad guys. And when you ask the question why such girls fall into that trap, they would reply that ‘I thought I could change him. That he would change’. Shiooor! His father could not change him, his mother could not change him but it’s you and your ikebe that will now change him?[/size]

Nothing much to add.

Except that at one time,I suspect some guy who was right for Ms Savage once came into her life...and she turned him down because he was not her type.

Then a guy who was her type.....with some ''query'' in his past comes....and she wants to marry him? Really?

See epistle wey dis guy wan me to read. How much seun cookbeans dey pay me and who he epp?

I concur
'but keeping silent and watching people tear her apart on social media was too much for the young lady to bear. She just had to let it out somehow.

abeg make I go check my husband phonebook_ endtime catering services on the prowl.

Couldn't av said it better.....
Lets be very sincere here, depression or no depression, TeeBliz no fit ever commit suicide, the dude wants attention, if he wan kill himself, why drop msgs on Instagram and how long will it take u to jump over the bridge? Why wait for rescue? Una think say e dey easy to die ni abi you knw how many Nigerians are depressed? mak d guy park well

Akkord4gov:
Tiwa and tbliss again

na our food till the end of may be dat o