Tiwa Savage has addressed the shocking accusations
levelled against her by (ex) husband Tunji ‘Teebillz’
Balogun. Yesterday, Teebillz had taken to social media
to level allegations of infidelity, neglect and passive
torture from Tiwa Savage in their marriage. He was
later reported to have attempted suicide by jumping off
the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge in Lagos.
The allegations brought on a lot of heat and discussions
on social media, with many polarizing opinions being
offered.
Tiwa Savage cries during interview on Teebillz. play
But in an exclusive interview with Azuka Ogujiuba,
ThisDay Editor, which was obtained exclusively by
Pulse TV, Tiwa Savage addressed the allegations, and
made emotional revelations about her husband.
Read the edited quotes of her interview below.
When I woke up, I thought they found him dead.
My first thought was that we need to find him, he
is suicidal, and we need to make sure he is
alive. I didn’t even know what he had said.
Someone took my phone from me, they don’t
want me to see what was said online. I was just
sacred for his life.
At around 10 and 11, Banky W’s Mum and his
family were praying, and we got the call that he
was found in Lekki, and that he has been taken
to Banky’s House.
For the past two months, TJ and I have not been
together, it was something we were working
through, but I knew this marriage would not
work.
I haven’t spoke to TJ in about a week, and we
were supposed to get some passports for my
son. He was reading the messages and he
wasn’t responding. I begged him to be friends,
and let’s be good parents to Jamil. He didn’t
respond.
I covered up for a lot of hurt in our relationship.
Just before I went to Jamaica, I found out that I
was pregnant. We were just trying to find out
how we were going to manage another baby so
soon. I got to London, on a 10-hour flight to
shoot a video with Busy Signal (Reggae Artiste).
While doing my makeup, I found out I was
bleeding and I passed out. I was rushed to the
hospital, and we were trying to call TJ to tell him
what happened. While we were sleeping at two
AM a number called him saved as Edible
Catering….I checked his phone, and the number
was asking him if she can come to his hotel.
She responded that He (TJ) knocked her out last
night, that he was a great night. I confronted
him, and he said he took another woman to the
hotel and said they were just chilling. This
happened the period I was in Jamaica, and I was
in the hospital. I sent TJ pictures, and he was
busy with another woman. I was in ahospital
and you couldn’t be bothered find out what
happened to me. I packed my stuff, took my son
and went to my friends house, her name is Tiwa
also. I stayed the night, and she asked me for
the next step, I told her I was done.
I covered up for so long because I wanted
people to believe that TJ is the one that takes
care of me, TJ is the head of the house…I
wanted him to be the head of the house. I
covered up so
TJ has not spent one Naira, I paid for hospital
bills, his flight, his accommodation, we also
went shopping for TJ so that he will have new
things. His excuse was that Í don’t have money’.
I had to pay for everything so that he can go out
and hustle, and get the contracts. He didn’t have
money for diapers, but he had money to have a
bi-weekly haircut, had money to pay for his
laundry, had money to take a woman to the
hotel.
His cooking allegations is a lie. I am not going
to say because of my career that I am not going
to cook. I work long hours to put money in the
house, I work to make sure that we have a roof
over our house. I come back home really late,
and when I make something for myself, I make
some for TJ. I had to hire a cook to cook for me,
him and the other people that live in the house, I
don’t think that is wrong…Even if it is true, the
things he puts me through will not even
encourage me to ask him if he is hungry. He
goes out and you come home at 7 in the
morning, sometime 2pm. He comes back drunk,
he comes back angry, and we don’t know what
sort of mood he is in. Sometimes TJ will go out
and he will not call, and he will not tell him. I am
just sacred for his safety, I will be calling him
frantically, to find out that he didn’t go and
drink. I am even praying that he is with another
woman, so that at least I know that he is alive.
That’s not the person that I will ask if he has
eaten.
When I sacked him as my manager – I will
never discredit or take away that TJ worked
hard, hustled and believed in me. But what I will
say is that at one point….he is booking events
and he will book shows. The first time I found
out that there was foul play was when he booked
me for a wedding in London. I have to be paid
before I perform. I called one of the organisers,
and said I have not been paid. He said that the
show has been paid four months ago, he showed
me the account were they paid him. TJ declared
that the show was for 3M but they really paid
4.5M, out of the 3M he was still receiving the
management fee 40%. He took money already,
and collected his percentage, and he didn’t feel
anything. He was stealing from his wife. I had to
perform at the wedding for free. I do get to
perform for free when he takes my money.
My mum is based in the UK, and when I had
Jamil she moved back to Nigeria with us. My
mother is not like that (witchcraft), she is a
sweet lady, and she’s very British, she doesn’t
judge, she is not hung up like that. A lot of
times, my mom would say
‘Tiwa you are the
wife, be patient, don’t curse don’t shout, build
the home.’ She has been nothing but a great
support for me. I would love for him to tell me if
there is something my mother has done.
I have never cheated on my husband. Not with
Don Jazzy, Dr Sid, 2face Idibia or anybody. I
have never cheated on my husband, and Tunji
knows this. He knows that in his heart. (She
breaks down in tears) Sometimes in the studio,
one of the things that Don Jazzy and some of my
other label mates say is that I am really good
with interviews, with being diplomatic and
knowing how to carry myself with difficult
situations. This hurts. I have seen comments of
what people are saying about me. It is not true.
To be Continued
levelled against her by (ex) husband Tunji ‘Teebillz’
Balogun. Yesterday, Teebillz had taken to social media
to level allegations of infidelity, neglect and passive
torture from Tiwa Savage in their marriage. He was
later reported to have attempted suicide by jumping off
the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge in Lagos.
The allegations brought on a lot of heat and discussions
on social media, with many polarizing opinions being
offered.
Tiwa Savage cries during interview on Teebillz. play
But in an exclusive interview with Azuka Ogujiuba,
ThisDay Editor, which was obtained exclusively by
Pulse TV, Tiwa Savage addressed the allegations, and
made emotional revelations about her husband.
Read the edited quotes of her interview below.
When I woke up, I thought they found him dead.
My first thought was that we need to find him, he
is suicidal, and we need to make sure he is
alive. I didn’t even know what he had said.
Someone took my phone from me, they don’t
want me to see what was said online. I was just
sacred for his life.
At around 10 and 11, Banky W’s Mum and his
family were praying, and we got the call that he
was found in Lekki, and that he has been taken
to Banky’s House.
For the past two months, TJ and I have not been
together, it was something we were working
through, but I knew this marriage would not
work.
I haven’t spoke to TJ in about a week, and we
were supposed to get some passports for my
son. He was reading the messages and he
wasn’t responding. I begged him to be friends,
and let’s be good parents to Jamil. He didn’t
respond.
I covered up for a lot of hurt in our relationship.
Just before I went to Jamaica, I found out that I
was pregnant. We were just trying to find out
how we were going to manage another baby so
soon. I got to London, on a 10-hour flight to
shoot a video with Busy Signal (Reggae Artiste).
While doing my makeup, I found out I was
bleeding and I passed out. I was rushed to the
hospital, and we were trying to call TJ to tell him
what happened. While we were sleeping at two
AM a number called him saved as Edible
Catering….I checked his phone, and the number
was asking him if she can come to his hotel.
She responded that He (TJ) knocked her out last
night, that he was a great night. I confronted
him, and he said he took another woman to the
hotel and said they were just chilling. This
happened the period I was in Jamaica, and I was
in the hospital. I sent TJ pictures, and he was
busy with another woman. I was in ahospital
and you couldn’t be bothered find out what
happened to me. I packed my stuff, took my son
and went to my friends house, her name is Tiwa
also. I stayed the night, and she asked me for
the next step, I told her I was done.
I covered up for so long because I wanted
people to believe that TJ is the one that takes
care of me, TJ is the head of the house…I
wanted him to be the head of the house. I
covered up so
TJ has not spent one Naira, I paid for hospital
bills, his flight, his accommodation, we also
went shopping for TJ so that he will have new
things. His excuse was that Í don’t have money’.
I had to pay for everything so that he can go out
and hustle, and get the contracts. He didn’t have
money for diapers, but he had money to have a
bi-weekly haircut, had money to pay for his
laundry, had money to take a woman to the
hotel.
His cooking allegations is a lie. I am not going
to say because of my career that I am not going
to cook. I work long hours to put money in the
house, I work to make sure that we have a roof
over our house. I come back home really late,
and when I make something for myself, I make
some for TJ. I had to hire a cook to cook for me,
him and the other people that live in the house, I
don’t think that is wrong…Even if it is true, the
things he puts me through will not even
encourage me to ask him if he is hungry. He
goes out and you come home at 7 in the
morning, sometime 2pm. He comes back drunk,
he comes back angry, and we don’t know what
sort of mood he is in. Sometimes TJ will go out
and he will not call, and he will not tell him. I am
just sacred for his safety, I will be calling him
frantically, to find out that he didn’t go and
drink. I am even praying that he is with another
woman, so that at least I know that he is alive.
That’s not the person that I will ask if he has
eaten.
When I sacked him as my manager – I will
never discredit or take away that TJ worked
hard, hustled and believed in me. But what I will
say is that at one point….he is booking events
and he will book shows. The first time I found
out that there was foul play was when he booked
me for a wedding in London. I have to be paid
before I perform. I called one of the organisers,
and said I have not been paid. He said that the
show has been paid four months ago, he showed
me the account were they paid him. TJ declared
that the show was for 3M but they really paid
4.5M, out of the 3M he was still receiving the
management fee 40%. He took money already,
and collected his percentage, and he didn’t feel
anything. He was stealing from his wife. I had to
perform at the wedding for free. I do get to
perform for free when he takes my money.
My mum is based in the UK, and when I had
Jamil she moved back to Nigeria with us. My
mother is not like that (witchcraft), she is a
sweet lady, and she’s very British, she doesn’t
judge, she is not hung up like that. A lot of
times, my mom would say
wife, be patient, don’t curse don’t shout, build
the home.’ She has been nothing but a great
support for me. I would love for him to tell me if
there is something my mother has done.
I have never cheated on my husband. Not with
Don Jazzy, Dr Sid, 2face Idibia or anybody. I
have never cheated on my husband, and Tunji
knows this. He knows that in his heart. (She
breaks down in tears) Sometimes in the studio,
one of the things that Don Jazzy and some of my
other label mates say is that I am really good
with interviews, with being diplomatic and
knowing how to carry myself with difficult
situations. This hurts. I have seen comments of
what people are saying about me. It is not true.
To be Continued
No comments:
Post a Comment