It would come as a shock to so many people, the number of trending Nigerian celebrities with a sex scandal that would be revealed here. It is not just the case of having one’s private moment out there for the public, but also the case of how the situation is managed and dealt with afterwards.
These intimate tapes always seem to come at the tip of one’s career, like it’s a publicity stunt, most times it is and other times it is the situation of celebrity status attracting blackmailers. The sex tape scandal has become a trademark in the industry.
While sometimes these stars own up to the scandal, some others deny the accusation. Genevieve Nnaji the prestigious Nollywood actress was once accused of being on a tape, this was discarded as false with the claims of a lookalike pornstar.
Janemena a popular Instagram influencer who started her career by twerking got caught in the Kpokpogri and Tonto Dikeh Saga. She was accused of sleeping with him and a tape was released. she denied the claims on the grounds of the difference in body size with the girl in the video.
Nengi one of the prettiest lady during the BBNaija ‘shine ya eye’ season, had her sex tape leaked by her ex. Despite all the clamour surrounding the release, she did not say a word and naturally, the whole media heat cooled off.
Oxlade and Peruzzi both had their sex tape released. The backlash on them was a little lenient because of gender politics. They continued their career as though nothing happened and paid no attention to the media drama.
Such enormity of a scandal has driven most to commit suicide, but these people are still thriving after going through that. Tiwa Savage in her latest song said, “sex tape o le baye mi je”, which translated it means, “sex tape can’t spoil my life”.
She owned up to it at the time of its release and that has not stopped her from thriving at the top of the music industry. It did not drive her to oblivion in the media. Out of all the celebrities mentioned, Tiwa has done the most for herself despite a sex tape.