Popular Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage is currently troubled over threats by a blackmailer to make a s*x video involving her and her current date public.
Though she has vowed she would not pay the price her blackmailer is asking for in order not to go public with the video, she is, however, worried about the impact the video would have on her mother, son and fans, when it goes public.
The mother of one disclosed her present predicament during an interview with American OAP, Angie Martinez of Power 105.1.
While explaining how the whole thing happened, Tiwa said her lover is upset with the situation.
She said, “Yesterday, I was leaving a radio station and I was in my car when my road manager sent me a message.
“She said I should check my phone. I checked it and there was a video, and I was just like, ‘Wow!’
“I asked him where he got it from and he said he received it about 20 minutes earlier.
“The video was sent to him and it is a tape of me and the person I am dating right now.
“The first thing I did after I got off the phone was that I sent it to my manager and asked what we should do.
“The person is asking for money now. The person I am dating is going crazy too.
“My manager asked how much the person is asking for.“
On whether she is going to pay her blackmailers she said: “I decided I was not going to pay the person because if I do, two months from now, three months down the line or even two years later, you are going to come back again.
“Who knows, if I send the money, the person will probably release it. I am not going to let anyone blackmail me for doing something natural.”
Emphasising she will not give a dime to her blackmailers, the mother of one, said she could release the video herself because she is ‘that crazy’.
“No part of me wants to pay the person. That is what is getting me angry. If you want to put it out, put it out. I am that crazy that I can put it out myself. You are not making any money from me. This was an intimate moment with someone I am dating. The person I am dating is not famous, he is a regular guy and his whole business is about to be out.
“He is more concerned about me because he knows that I am going to be more affected. My mother and my son having to see it. I am going to talk to my son about it.
“For me, it is when he is older at about 15 and someone is rude to him at the playground and they make reference to the tape. I have to brace him up.”
On how the video leaked, she said her team has no hand in it, explaining that it was mistakenly posted on Snapchat by her new lover.
Tiwa said, “It is not from someone working closely with me.
“What happened is that the person (my new date) did it on Snap and he posted it by accident, but he quickly deleted it.
“However, someone got it before he could delete it. It is a very short video, but it is me. It is going to be out there and I can just imagine the memes. I just found out yesterday.
“I could not sleep last night. We tried to stall them, but I later decided that I am going to own the narrative. I am not ashamed of it; this is someone I am dating; I am not cheating, neither is he. We are grownups.
“I cannot believe this is happening to me. I feel for my fan because they will have to keep defending me.
“I can switch off my phone or have someone run my account so I do not see that; but my fans will feel the need to protect me.
“I will like my fans to ignore it.”