Chidinma Opens Up About Her Séx Scandal

Here is a brief excerpt of what Chidinma told a Punch report about
the scandal:
You eventually came into the spotlight and it opened doors to
controversies and scandals
I have been in the news lately. My manager told me that I am a
balloon on top of lots of needles. People want me to drop on those
needles and get deflated. He told me to be careful. The first time was
when my nude picture went viral. I actually went for a photo shoot for
my friend. I wore a tube dress. Some mischief makers actually
cropped off the lower part of the picture and posted it on the Internet.
It was as if I was nude. I wasn’t happy at all. I had that picture. I had
to post the real picture on the net and people now got convinced the
nude picture wasn’t original.
I thought that was the end, I didn’t know a bigger scandal was
coming…
You mean the séx video?
Oh yes. I woke up one morning and I was greeted on the internet with
‘Chidinma and séx tape’. I was worried primarily because of my
mother. I didn’t let her see the video but I had to show her the
photos. I didn’t want to go out that day. I couldn’t go out. But my
mum felt otherwise. She told me to ignore the mischief makers. I
almost took some actions but I thought against it. I met Sound
Sultan on a set. He told me, ‘Babe, you are now a star. I welcome you
officially into the industry.’ I trended for three days. Even people who
didn’t know me got to know me. My fan base grew.
And then, I was happy because more than 90 per cent of the public
didn’t believe I was the one in that video. There were people who
didn’t need to see the video to believe I couldn’t have done such
thing. I am just grateful to everyone who didn’t believe the story. My
twitter account was hacked and the people created another account.
They kept releasing nasty pictures and they were even responding to
the tweets as if I was the one doing it. I was just watching and
laughing. It put me in the spotlight. I used it for good.