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Ebuka asked the housemates for the opinion on the believe that beef was needed to grow fan base. He also asked if it had ever happened to any of them. Mercy said the constant beef fueled by fans wasn’t healthy and fighting other housemates to get deals was low.

 Mercy added that fueling fights wasn’t one that benefitted her or her brand so she tried her best to steer clear. Ebuka asked her if she had ever spoken to her own fans on the need to reduce their toxicity and she said she had done that several times since she got out. She said she has spoken to her fans to focus on her alone and stop fighting others on her behalf. She said she went as after as even begging them not to fight when she was a guest on Diane’s vlog.

 She said she knows her worth and she didn’t need unnecessary fights to get deals. She said a brand would chose to work with you for what you represent and bring to the table and not because of any online drama.


Still on viral moments on social media, Ebuka asked Jackye and Omashola about the exchange of words they had. Omashola had put up a tweet in pidgin advising workaholics to take a break sometimes and let their hair down. Jackye however misunderstood this tweet and thought it was directed at her. She quoted Omashola’s tweet and insulted him. Ebuka asked Jackye what happened that day. Jackye laughed at herself and the situation. 

She said Omashola is her brother. She said she responded to the tweet the way she did because she felt it was a personal attack. She said her reply was that intense because his fans were trolling her and he didn’t address it. She apologized to Omashola on set. She said she felt personally attacked and this was because the night before while at Mercy’s house, Kim and Omashola teased her that she works too much. She also said Omashola was in the habit of telling her she worked too much jokingly and she was shocked because she felt he brought a private talk online. Ebuka asked her if this was one of the situations which the fans fueled and she said it was. Ebuka said what he read when he saw Omashola’s tweet was "Jackie" (serious person) as used in pidgin and not Jackye.



Tacha chopped into the Jackye/Omashola conversation and she said there was a probability that Jackye felt it was directed at her because texts could be easily misunderstood. Ebuka asked Omashola to sincerely answer if the referenced tweet was a jibe at Jackye. Omashola said the tweet wasn't wasn't directed at Jackye at all. He said when he saw the replies to the tweet mentioning Jackye, it was too late to delete. He said he was very shocked at Jackye’s reply because they were in cool terms before that day.

 He also said he didn’t understand why she didn't call him to clarify. He said he tried to call Jackye when he saw her reply so she could take down her tweet but she didn’t pick his calls. He said Kim was with on that day and she also called Jackye but she didn’t pick to. Jackye said she couldn’t pick because was in a meeting. She said she got out of the meeting happy and received a call from her brother asking her what was wrong. She said she got on Twitter after her meeting and saw that her tweet had generated a lot of buzz. She returned Kim’s call and Kim told her that what she tweeted at Omashola wasn’t right. 

Omashola who was with Kim at that time got on the call. Jackye said Omashola began to insult her and he interjected and said he actually did curse her because he was upset. She said Omashola’s reaction made her angry because he wasn’t ready to see what happened from her viewpoint.

Ebuka asked if they had settled and they said they settled the rift at Omashola's event where all the housemates were present. They hugged each other, told themselves sorry and moved on.




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Ebuka asked Thelma to clarify if it was indeed her fans that got her the benz as he was still confused with all that played out. Ebuka said Thelma gave an impression that her fans got her the benz. Thelma explained that what happened what that she was gifted the benz as part of her ambassadorial deal. She said she had a meet and greet on the same day she was unveiled as an ambassador to the brand. 

She said the car was presented to her late that day after her meet and greet by the company that signed her but bloggers tagged it a gift from her fans because she of the meet and greet with her fans earlier in the day. She said she posted on her Instagram on the next day that the benz came with her signing as an ambassador but bloggers still ran with the narrative that it was a gift from fans.


Avala said she thought the car was from Thelma's fan and she jokingly said that she hoped her own fans will get her a car gift too. Ebuka asked Avala if she felt those that received gifts from fans felt obligated to do as the fans dictated from time time. She said she couldn't relate to receiving gifts because she didn't have a large fan base.




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Ebuka asked Mercy to shed light on the controversial deal she allegedly had with an international liquor brand that went sour. Mercy said the champagne brand reached out to her and she went to their office for a meeting and to finalize a deal. She said the brand had already agreed to work with her orally and they also agreed that she was going to do a series of activation. She said they also discussed and finalized payment and the brand said they were going to reach out to Cubana Chief Priest for final modalities. 

She added that the agreement was oral and the brand already made down payment to her. She said she had to return their money and disassociate herself from them because of the drama. She said it was the social media handler of the brand that caused the misunderstanding and made it seem she was lying about signing a deal. She said she asked the brand to issue an apology and put a official statement out stating that she was working for them but they refused to do so because they believed the heat she was getting was going to blow over.

 She said it was their refusal to put out a statement clarifying things that made her put out a statement disassociating herself from them. Ebuka asked her if that was the best possible outcome she could have gotten from that situation and she said it was.

BY BV PELUMI