Beverly Osu |
Denrele Edun |
Angelo Collins |
The public outrage ignited by
the behaviour of Nigeria’s female representative in the ongoing Big Brother
Africa reality show, Beverly Osu, is far from being over.
Beverly has been severely
criticised for allegedly having sex with
South Africa housemate, Angelo Collins, in a bathtub on Friday.
There were widespread
reactions on social media as a three-minute video
clip showing a naked Beverly lying atop Angelo in the bathtub went viral
on the Internet.
Nigerian viewers of the
reality show, who are still sore with the young woman for her role in the
sordid drama, however, seem to have transferred their anger to popular on-air
personality, Denrele Edun.
Denrele has come under intense
criticism for allegedly using his position
as a presenter on Channel O to get Beverly on the BBA Chase rather than giving
better qualified and decent Nigerian girls the opportunity.
To this end, the aggrieved
followers of the show have pelted Denrele with messages on Twitter, blaming him
for Beverly’s behaviour, which they insisted, had wrongly portrayed Nigerian
women as immoral.
Those who argued that Beverly
emerged the first Nigerian BBA housemate to openly indulge in sexual
intercourse, since the inception of the show, have also alleged that
Denrele’s special interest in choosing the female representatives of
Nigeria in the MNET-sponsored show had resulted in a huge
embarrassment for the entire country.
One MZ Fab in a tweet to
Denrele said, “Denrele Edun! What has Nigeria done to you that you sent your
god-daughter to disgrace us? So, you didn’t teach her morals.’’
Some users of the micro-Blogging
service pointed out that Denrele should have carried out a proper check on the
background of Beverly before throwing his weight behind her.
Also, Nyoh Eddy tweeted, “I’m
really disappointed in you, Denrele Edun. You knew Beverly, but you went ahead
to recommend her to represent your own country, Nigeria.’’
Another Twitter user, tweeting
via @defiwa, encouraged other aggrieved Nigerians on the social network to hold Denrele
accountable for Beverly’s actions. “I wouldn’t really blame anyone for
insulting Denrele Edun because of Bevrely’s obnoxious actions. He has been
forming voltron for her all this while. So he should enjoy the shitty side.’’
An enraged Kazeem Musa
tweeted, “You (Denrele) had better call your friend and tell her to stop
embarrassing the nation.’’
Accusing Denrele of bringing
ridicule upon Nigerians, Atta Abraham pleaded with him not to give anybody
whose behaviour is similar to that of Beverly a chance to participate in BBA in
the future.
But in spite of the
bombardment on his Twitter handle, Denrele has refrained from responding to his
critics. Instead, he has simply restricted himself to re-tweeting the same messages.
Meanwhile, some of his friends
have risen in support of him and vowed to confront those attacking him on the
social network. According to
them, it is pointless blaming him for Beverly’s actions since she is an adult
herself and capable of making independent decisions.
They argued that even if
Denrele had influenced Beverly’s participation in the BBA reality show, it
doesn’t mean that he should be held responsible for her actions.
“Nigerians should blame
Beverly for her actions and leave Denrele out of it. Come to think of it,
Beverly is an adult and has the right to live her life!’’ Beautiful
Onyinye wrote on her Twitter handle.
Another fellow, Josh Obi, rose
in defence of Denrele. He said, “The fact that he helped Beverly fill out her
form doesn’t mean he sent her to mess up. Come on people the guy just did a
good deed.”
For Zubbie Osuigwe, Denrele is
blameless in the matter because giving assistance to “someone looking for job
to secure an interview does not make one liable for the person’s future
actions.’’
Commenting on lailasblog.com, Oluyomi Odukoya
said, “Denrele isn’t Beverly’s parents. Why should he be held responsible?
Karen Igho and Goldie attended the show, did they disgrace us? No! Beverly is
on her own abeg.’’
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