Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, known as Nedu, a popular media figure and actor in Nigeria, recently discussed how claims that he hates women led to him losing a lucrative sponsorship deal.
The comic act revealed this on the most recent episode of the audiovisual podcast, ‘The Honest Bunch’, which is co-hosted by him, Husband Material, and Deity Cole.
“I almost signed an endorsement three weeks ago and I lost it. I’m not feeling bad. I didn’t feel bad for a second but I lost it.
“Why did I lose it? Because a lot of people were flying with the narrative, ‘Nedu hates women.’ And it’s a beverage brand. The brand said, ‘If this is what people are saying, it means it is not going to go well with our female audience.”
He criticized what he called the “double standard” of those who had accused him of favoring women excessively in his skits but then claimed that he promoted hatred of women in his podcast.