Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage, has revealed that her 2021 leaked sex tape was circulated as part of a bet by her boyfriend. She made the revelation during an interview with The Breakfast Club, released on Tuesday, where she spoke on how the scandal affected her personal life, career, and mental health.
She revealed that while her boyfriend at the time claimed the tape was leaked accidentally, she later learned it had been circulated as part of a bet.
“He said he was trying to save it, and then he pressed send by accident… I later found out that it was a bet with his friends,” she said.
On how she coped with the situation, the singer said she initially coped with humour and by channelling the pain into her songs, but admitted the episode cut deeper. “
“When I talked about the sex tape … that’s how I was able to kind of like, try and get through it. But in hindsight, did I really deal with it? I don’t think so. I was hurt I was a victim,” she said
Public Attacks
Savage said the backlash from the public, including attacks on her role as a mother, was harder to bear than the tape itself.
“They brought my son into it and said I was unfit… my son’s gonna grow up and see this and he’s gonna be disappointed in his mom. That hurt me more than the actual thing,” she said.
“There were a lot of times I was crying, especially the first record. That took me like four attempts to record. Even now when I listen to the album, I skip that. I haven’t been able to perform it. It was tough,” she said.
