Serious issues rarely get serious reactions. Instead, trivial issues awaken our senses. We place our eyes and ears in the lives of others. Let’s put our eyes on the latest Nigerian Trivial.
Linda Ikeji & Wizkid’s brawl shows that pettiness sells. It went viral. That’s the latest gossip. Nothing else matters.
Ikeji attacked(reported) first with her “hustle” news about Wizkid’s eviction. Wizkid went mad; he dished out derogatory terms.
Wizkid’s defence against Ikeji’s is “I’ve bought G63, 2 Porches and one Bentley”. Then Ikeji defended herself by another rant about not sleeping with Wizkid’s director.
These brawls achieve nothing. It’s about egos and a display of who is materially relevant in the showbiz scheme of things. Telemundo is nothing when placed near two clashing Nigerian stars. We love our own locally made WWN: Davido vs Momodu; OLamide Vs Don Jazzy; P-Square vs P-Square; etc.
I guess these things come with the territory of entertainment. I guess we should just bring our pop-corns out and continue to read as two supposed ambassadors blast each other publicly.
Iyalaya anybody!
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