Yesterday, a Nigerian blogger Sisi Yemmie took to Twitter to narrate an ’embarrassing’ encounter with Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji.
I experienced something today…I now understand why Nigerians don’t celebrate some of their celebrities.
— SisiYėmmié.com (@Sisi_Yemmie) November 24, 2015
I met Genevieve today… kai. She asked wetin I dey do, I tell am say blogger..she looked at me and said “cute” dismissively. — SisiYėmmié.com (@Sisi_Yemmie) November 24, 2015
I could not understand the attitude. And she refused to take pictures with me, fan. Kai. I haff suffer.
— SisiYėmmié.com (@Sisi_Yemmie) November 24, 2015
Never will I go and “fan” a celebrity again. — SisiYėmmié.com (@Sisi_Yemmie) November 24, 2015
With Sisi Yemmie’s outburst, several fans who’ve had similar experiences with Nigerian celebs seized the opportunity to express how they’ve been snubbed or disrespected by different music and movie stars.
Fans called out Basketmouth, Banky W, Tonto Dikeh, Funmilola Aofiyebi, Desmond Elliot and others, as many told the blogger they’re familiar with Genevieve’s alleged attitude.
One Twitter user wrote of her experience with Banky W. ‘Same way I asked Banky W at a VIP event that we were both invited to and he said no in the rudest way. Never again’.
See more testimonies below.
