Tiwa Savage in a Black Box interview with media personality, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, on Monday, said the incident happened while studying in London.
She said she almost took her own life due to bullying she received as a black kid in London.
She narrated that her strong Nigerian accent was mocked by her classmates and she had to get a Police escort.
“I moved to London with my mum at age 10. I was teased so badly. They used to call me ‘African girl’, ‘Foo foo’, ‘Your food smells’ and so on. It was terrible. It was so bad that I literally tried to kill myself two times. I was really depressed.
“I was really bullied; they will flush my head down the toilet during lunch break. I had to have a police escort me sometimes because after school they would rush me on the bus.
“These were gangs of girls, it was really bad. I wanted to bleach to be lighter and was growing my hair. The bullying went on for three to four years.”
She narrated that her strong Nigerian accent was mocked by her classmates and she had to get a Police escort.
“I moved to London with my mum at age 10. I was teased so badly. They used to call me ‘African girl’, ‘Foo foo’, ‘Your food smells’ and so on. It was terrible. It was so bad that I literally tried to kill myself two times. I was really depressed.
“I was really bullied; they will flush my head down the toilet during lunch break. I had to have a police escort me sometimes because after school they would rush me on the bus.
“These were gangs of girls, it was really bad. I wanted to bleach to be lighter and was growing my hair. The bullying went on for three to four years.”
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Thank God you didn't.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the bullies now see you on Tv, billboards and also buy tickets to your shows.👍
Police escort? Abi is it that the security in her school were asked to keep an eye on her.
DeleteAll these yeye people that want to tell stupid lies.
Glad you came out strong 🤗🤗🤗😍😍😍
ReplyDeleteOMG!
ReplyDeleteThank God she didn't then. Those bullies will be seeing her on TV now
Lol..
ReplyDeleteDesperate for attention..
-From crying for Beyonce
-TO showing her dry yansh semi nude
-Now suicide stories..
As album no gree sell, she won mad seeing other girls taking the spotlight.. this is what happens when you live for attention and validation..
Madam give us good music or step back✌
Dante, what is your bile with this lady? You really can't seem to be able to help yourself since yesterday. Going on and on and on like a sissy.
DeleteThis interview must have held time ago but Ebuka only posted it yesterday so it's a coincidence that it came out same time with her nudes.
Yuck!
Stella 🤬
DeleteDo I need to take the words of someone who was advising the lady in yesterday's chronicles to have premarital sex seriously..
DeleteThe fact that I do some wrongs doesn't make it right and I wont advice anyone to engage in it.. if the person wants to, fine, but I'll still tell it as it is even though I might be guilty of it.
So this right here is why your opinion here doesn't matter. You don't have sense. Long mouth
Sapphire boo you know that thing 👆 typing trash is way beneath you. Pls ignore it 🤗
DeleteLol..
DeleteMy number 1 fan is back again..
Abeg I'm busy at work.. tell your idol to give us good music ehn @shushu girl.. all this one you're doing like mumu up and down isn't helping you both..
Have a productive day ahead✌
Number 1 fan??? Leemaooo. I like how you like to fool yourself. Get cured of your delusions of grander.. Lol goat!
DeleteLol..
DeleteHave you climaxed now? I know my comments makes you wet😊.. you must be having the best time of your life right now.. this is the closest you can get from me.. thanks to social media that makes everyone equal.. that's why I can come here and insult the president of America.. Enjoy the privilege OK.. I'm glad to give your bitter life an orgasm😊
And this same Tiwa opened her mouth to say Nigeria is the most difficult place to be a woman!
ReplyDeleteI thank God for your life Tiwa. I hope you work on your self-esteem though
you must be daft.....was she bullied for being a girl or woman? they were just kids bullying a black kid. which self esteem did you gie her to work on..oponu. can you compare being a woman in the UK and in naija? you wont think but come and be commenting rubbish. go and sit down joo
DeleteYes it is. She is very correct about that but what do you know? You don't live here in Nigeria. bye felicia
DeleteMrs goody goody,u so quick to judge and life has shown u shege but u still dont learn.........anofia
DeleteBut she isn't wrong. In her experience, Nigeria is the most difficult place to be a woman.
DeleteAnd children do get bullied even in Nigerian schools.
Miss goody two shoes! Judgina well done. Tiwa is actually right. You are always so judgemental while acting all god like. Jesus iscariot!
DeleteNa wah o. The bullying on this blog too is not a joke. So because Ms A has an ID and have shared a little of her life, throls like 11.08 now wont concentrate on her coment but bring her life showing her shege to shut her up!
DeleteMs A and I don't agree but use her life experiences she share here against her is a low. Too low.
And you anonymous that have time to keep tab on people's stories, I hope God provide a worthy job for you to occupy you.
Life is really difficult as a woman and its much more difficult as a woman living in Nigeria. That is a fact
DeleteSaphire dear, leave them alone. Na dem go tire!
DeleteThis is Stella's blog and I will never go anonymous to leave my comments.
If you don't like my comment, jump am pass.
And No, Nigeria is not the most difficult place to be a woman!!
Eeyah. Kent is notorious for that, but can't try shit in Woolwich or peckham.
ReplyDeleteIs it better now? or they still bully. my kids are moving this december should i fear for them as well?
DeleteBlacks plenty for peckham
Delete@10.32, abeg there are bullies everywhere o. My daughter never experienced it till she got to A’Levels. Don’t allow fear to weigh you down. Pray for your children, encourage them to be open to you or to someone they respect. Engage with them....simple, “ how was your day” goes a long way. Try and know their friends and all that. There’s no clear-cut manual to eliminate bullying abeg
DeleteHmm Tiwa I am glad you came out of it..Her interview showed she lacked some kind of love which one would have been expected being the last born and baby of the house..I wish her luck..Anything to keep herself happy..She should not be too hard on herself as wel..Mummy Jamjam...
ReplyDeleteExactly 💜♥️
DeleteShe's not the last born
DeleteShe’s the last born oh.
Deletetiwa stop showing too much skin please. so irritating
ReplyDeleteDie now
DeleteWhen you sing songs like Koroba for a living, or Wizkid’s made in Lagos album, or Davido's IF and Fall songs, you'd always be feeling depressed and suicidal. No escaping that. 99% of your secular musicians are either depressed or have been depressed or suicidal. There is no escaping that
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Big lie.
DeleteUncle you be olodo....
DeleteThe suicidal ish was when she was 10 o. Not recent.
DeleteReally! What a daft way of thinking. You really need to upgrade your intelligence o uncle.
DeleteThat's a sad one to read bunch of silly kids I wonder where they now smh. Dear parents please you all better teach your kids to be polite 'cause I'm teaching my future daughter how to be a Queen and a ghetto Queen at the same damn time mess with her you get your casket period!
ReplyDeleteI tell you girl. They just have to be everything and more. No polite meek respectful well put together smart wise intelligent and responsible kid of mine is ever going to be bullied by anyone because they'd make you regret ever harboring such a thought in the first place. Unless am not their mother because I'm definitely raising fierce Queens and Kings.
DeleteLife can be horrible.... Thank God you are still standing tall, look where you are now
ReplyDeleteT.baby thank God you came out victorious..
ReplyDeleteThis post has changed my life. As I was reading it my neighbors came n read, it changed their lives. They gave it to their neighbors to read, it changed their lives. We borrowed a projector and field so that the whole village could view it, it changed their lives. As I'm talking to you now everyone in the village has changed
ReplyDeleteYou are mean😩
Delete🤦🤣😂😂
DeleteLmao you're crazy 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂
DeleteLmao naughty you .
But jokes apart being bullied is not a joke , I always wanted to change my school but I never told my parents why I wanted a change of school.
Dry af
DeleteOh God! Now this is very funny. Ijay Kess be calming down na
Delete😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
DeleteI am changed...... 🤣
LMAO
DeleteSilly me was already awwwing while scrolling to see the life changing testimony😂😂😂😂, Ijay Kess well done oh, such a clown, lol!!
DeleteIf it's not funny to you, move!
DeleteKilodeeee!
Abeg lwkm
Life is beautiful and precious, don't think of such next time.
ReplyDeleteThank God you are better now, even higher than those your bullies.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Tiwa thank God you conquered
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