Nigerian singer and songwriter Tiwatope Savage, popularly referred to as Tiwa Savage, has revealed that her 2021 leaked intercourse tape was circulated as a part of a wager, describing the expertise as one of the painful moments of her life.
Savage made the revelation in an interview with ‘The Breakfast Membership’ launched on Tuesday, the place she spoke candidly about how the scandal affected her private life, profession, and psychological well being.
The Afrobeats star additionally disclosed that she has remained celibate for 3 years.
She admitted that whereas she initially tried to deal with humour and by channelling her ache into music, the episode left lasting scars.
“After I talked in regards to the intercourse tape … that’s how I used to be capable of sort of like, try to get via it. However in hindsight, did I actually cope with it? I don’t assume so. I used to be harm… I used to be a sufferer,” she mentioned.
The singer defined that her then-boyfriend claimed the tape leaked accidentally, however she later found it had been shared as a part of a big gamble. “He mentioned he was attempting to reserve it, after which he pressed ship accidentally. I afterward discovered that it was a wager together with his buddies,” she revealed.
In response to Savage, some folks wrongly assumed that she orchestrated the leak for publicity.
“They thought I did it for PR. Lots of people thought, ‘Oh, she’s not related anymore, and she or he’s doing this.’ And I’m like, guys, belief me, if I needed to try this, I’d have had higher lighting,” she added.
“We tried, truly. However, it was simply too traumatic for me to maintain speaking about it. I simply needed to maneuver on,” she defined.
Savage defined that the backlash, significantly assaults linking the scandal to her son, was the toughest to endure.
“They introduced my son into it and mentioned I used to be unfit. That harm me greater than the precise factor,” she famous.
Savage mentioned the ordeal continues to have an effect on her music, with some songs nonetheless too painful to carry out. Regardless of the trauma, she credited her household for serving to her to manage, particularly her mom.
“My mother referred to as me and mentioned, ‘Don’t take heed to them. I’m simply pleased that you simply’re having fun with your self.’ Listening to my mother say that helped,” she recalled.
She added that remedy has been key to her therapeutic course of and revealed that she has been celibate for about three years, prioritising significant connections over informal intimacy.
“I don’t know if I don’t come hooked up. I’ve gone like perhaps three years with out. I’ve to be with somebody for me to even give it some thought. I don’t have toys; perhaps that’s what folks ought to get me for Christmas,” she joked.
