To most Nigerians, TTT represented cheating
husbands while Bisola became a representation
of sidechicks who don't even know that they
are one because they have been lied to.
TTT got his research wrong and it cost him
25 million naira.
TTT, one of the 2017 Big Brother Naija
housemates was evicted on Sunday, March 19,
2017, and during his conversation with Ebuka,
he said a research had shown him that
Nigerians have a funny way of treating people
once they find out that they are married.
So, I decided to carry out my own research,
thus; What TTT thought vs how Nigerians really
think.
I'm not going to pretend that I understood his
conversation with Ebuka as I'm not exactly sure
about how people treat married people, but, my
research has shown me that the housemate lost
for several reasons and being married isn't one
of them.
During my conversations with some hardcore
followers of the show, I discovered that most of
them think he played on their emotions, starting
from the day he stripped while canvassing for
likes amongst his fellow housemates.
After he stripped, he won lots of followers.
However, he lost those followers the moment
they found out that he was married.
He didn't lose them because he was married
[that would only prove his research right]. He
lost because he chose to keep his wife and kids
a secret, called his daughter his God-daughter,
told Jon his family members were all dead and
said he was single by 'God's grace' - all on Live
TV.
At that moment, every past action of his which
had appealed to the viewer's emotions were
interpreted as manipulative. He didn't just lie or
withhold his private life to viewers and his
fellow housemates, he became romantically
involved with Bisola, who at one time is believed
to have given him a blow job on Live TV.
It's one thing to keep your private life away
from the public, it's another to lie about it and
take advantage of people's feelings in the
process.
To Nigerians, Bisola is the victim; a woman who
was misled by a married man. She became a
representation of sidechicks who don't even
know that they are one because they have been
lied to.
It didn't matter that TTT had the support of his
wife, Nigerians took it personal.
TTT chose the wrong game strategy. Nigerians
can be very sentimental and he could have
appealed to their emotions with his family and
beautiful kids.
Better still, he could have separated his family
from the game while making sure not to engage
in any act that would disrespect something
Nigerians consider valuable; family.
TTT didn't lose because he was the most boring
housemate, he lost because he didn't carry out
a proper research about how Nigerians feel
about married men.
He forgot quickly that Richard , a married man
from Tanzania, who wasn't even faithful to his
wife on Live TV, won the 2nd edition of Big
Brother Africa.
The difference between TTT and Richard?
Richard didn't lie about his wife, neither did he
proclaim his family dead on live Television.
With 25 million naira gone, one can only hope
TTT takes out time to conduct a proper
research about how Nigerians really think.
He thought Nigerians would 'think funny' about
his marital status - he thought wrongly and it
cost him the prize money.
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