BBNaija PepperDem Reunion - Gossip In The House

“Gossip is the casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as true.” - Oxford Definitions

The episode’s theme was on gossiping.(Week 2,day 2)
The housemates were asked of their opinion on gossiping and most agreed to gossiping in and out of the house. However, Tacha and Jackye vehemently denied gossiping about other housemates. Enkay on the other hand was of the firm opinion that everyone gossips.


Tacha said that her understanding of gossiping was spreading untrue information about others. She said that if the information was true, it wasn’t gossip. She was asked about her familiarity and perceived closeness with Ike both in and out of the house and she said they were cool and had a connection and didn’t think her friendship with Ike was disrespectful to his relationship with Mercy. In response to gossiping, she said the few instances she spoke about Mercy with Ike was when he sought for her opinion when the couple had issues. A clip was played to this effect and Tacha’s narration of events was confirmed to be true as it was Ike doing the talking while she listened.


In defence of her dignity and righteousness, Jackye insisted that she didn’t gossip in the house because she was always lured into conversations. In response to this, Ebuka played two clips which showed Jackye expressly telling Khafi that it was time to gossip. Caught in her tracks, she finally admitted to being a gossip if it was going to make everyone feel better.



Diane in response to the question on gossip said she takes her times to make friends and she wasn’t that close with a lot people in the house. She said it was just discussions about others she had with Mercy which she didn’t regard as gossiping.


Mercy said everyone gossiped in the house. On how she felt about Ike’s friendship with Tacha, she claimed to have no issues asides it appearing disrespectful in the eyes of the public. She mentioned that some live off social media validation but she doesn’t as she’s not the social media type.


Ike was asked if his friendship with Tacha was disrespectful to his Partner, Mercy and he said that his friendship with Tacha wasn’t. Rather, it only caused speculations online.


Thelma, Avala and Frodd joined the reunion halfway through the episode and a clip showing Mercy and some other housemates condemning Seyi’s vile words towards Thelma after a Saturday night party was played.


Thelma was asked if she had forgiven Seyi and she replied that he was just half-forgiven. She said she was still angry at him because she had a physical fight with him and instead of settling scores while she was in the house, he waited till she was out of the house to use surrounding circumstances of her brother’s death to curse her entire existence.






Seyi in his typical unapologetic nature refused to offer an unreserved apology to Thelma. He claimed that the events that led to his vile outbursts were a matter of perception and both parties could be right depending on what angle it was seen. He also said he had technically apologized in person and explained his side during some media rounds. He finally apologized and reversed the curses laid on Thelma. This was only done after Thelma broke down in tears and explained how all he said affected her family. 

Thelma accepted his apology.

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