Showing posts with label Celebrities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrities. Show all posts

Wednesday, 7 September 2016

WHEN 'CHILD STARS' BECOME ADULTS OVERNIGHT.



 

Who would have thought American pop singer and songwriter, Lady Gaga would transform from this sweet little girl as seen in the picture into what…oops…who we all now know as the ‘crazy’ Lady Gaga of today. I made up my mind Gaga was officially a ‘weirdo’ when she appeared for an award a few years back dressed in a meat outfit. She amazed everyone then and is still doing same even today on red carpets with what many have termed ‘hypnotic come-outs’.

Also, I’m sure many of us never anticipated the shock we got when sweet little Hannah Montana blew up to become the hyper-sexualized, Miley Cyrus who has gained wide ‘wild’ followership by many of her likes even as many parents have refrained their kids from watching her videos as a singer and would rather make their wards stick with the old looks of Miley by making them watch the ‘old’ Hannah Montana as against the new one in Miley Cyrus.

This is what you get when children become adults overnight.

We’ve all realized by now that no one can tell what people would become just by taking into perception their childhood looks. It takes God, destiny and most importantly how we raise these kids.

Check out a few other pictures of ‘child stars’ and how they have transformed over the years.
Macauley Culkin (Then and Now)

Lindsay Lohan (Then and Now

Lark Voorhies of 'Saved by the bell' (then and now)

Jake Lloyd of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Then and Now)
Mayim Bialik of 'The Big Bang Theory' (Then and Now)

Marilyn Manson (Then and Now)



Wednesday, 8 June 2016

STEPHEN KESHI: ADIEU THE 'BIG BOSS'



Just yesterday I started this article about how the life of a celeb sucks and left off for the day as I was too tired to continue after a hectic day.

And so it was with great shock and pain that I received the news of Former super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi passing away after a heart attack this morning.

If you think it’s easy being a celeb then you must be seriously in a world very different from this present one that we live in. Celebs are in a better position to tell you, that is, if they are willing to open up to you in all honesty. 

Dear reader, there is no way you will walk away after they must have opened up to you wholeheartedly, without you thanking your stars for the simple sane and private life that you enjoy which is a very expensive venture for most of them.

Forget about all the hype and jazzy lifestyle of some of these celebs that is spread all over social media, beneath all that razzmatazz is a very lonely person who inspite of all the hangers-on in the name of followers and fans, is yearning for that indescribable thing that seems to keep eluding him/her everytime they feel they are almost getting ‘there’ as they keep wanting more and more of a never ending ‘insatiable’ longing.

We place our celebrities so ‘high’ up there, hence putting them in a constant circle of trying to meet up with our expectations from them. Yet we won’t accord them the respect while we still can or have the opportunities to do so. Instead some of us will put up funny attitudes with the ‘who does he think he/she is’ expression. So, why won’t they have heart attacks?

On the right is a picture of the late Stephen Keshi and the son of one of my childhood friends at Heathrow airport taken in 2015.

We were talking about how sad Stephen had to go just a few months after burying his wife, Kate and she narrated how people including Nigerians barely recognized or acknowledged his presence while at the airport as they just stood and stared at him even as she mentioned that he was our ‘Super’ Coach.

I was so hurt when she described the nasty ‘I don’t care’ attitude of the other Nigerians present at the airport.

Mtcheew! Hypocrites and sychophants!! Now that news of his death has hit the airwaves, these same group of hypocrites who despised or did not acknowledge his presence when he was alive and well at the airport that same day, would still be among the people who would cry ‘oh how we will miss him’ even as the honest people mourn his departure.

I bet you, if it was Jose Mourinho that was at that airport that same day, those ‘I don’t care’ Nigerians would be the first to jostle over themselves to take pictures with a man who may not care a hoot about their love for his games or whatever. Some of those ‘nutheads’ would be willing to even pay with all the money on them to get an autograph from Jose that very moment if they were asked to do so. Yet all they needed to do was simply acknowledge our ‘very own’ but ‘whosai’ thereby confirming again that 'a prophet is never recognised in his homestead'.

Hmmm! This life is really complicated.

The Big Boss
For those who didn’t know, Stephen Keshi is the only Nigerian who has won the Nations’ Cup for the Country both as a player and a Coach, in Tunisia 1994 and South Africa 2013 respectively. Also he was the second indigenous Coach after Shuaibu Ahmodu to qualify Nigeria for the FIFA world cup in 2014 even though we were sent packing in the second rounds.

What more can I say?

Stephen  Keshi, ‘Big Boss’ as he was fondly called by many, was the second indigenous Coach after Adegboye Onigbinde to have led the Super Eagles to the FIFA World cup. Also, he led the super Eagles to the 2013 FIFA confederation cup in Brazil.

He made history in Africa in 2006 as the first Nigerian Coach to qualify an African Country, Togo for the FIFA world cup in Germany. It is also on record that he qualified the ‘Eagles’ of Mali to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola 2010.

Most importantly, he was a loving father and first Nigerian footballer to sign a professional football contract abroad. His performance in France opened the floodgates to Nigerian and African players to sign professional football contracts abroad which was one of the reasons why he earned the nick name ‘the big boss’.

I could go on and on.

Stephen Keshi was the first national team captain to captain the super Eagles at the FIFA world cup in USA 1994 as well as being the first captain of the super Eagles to lift the trophy outside the shores of Nigeria.

Interestingly, he captained all the football clubs he played for throughout his football career within and outside the country.
Keshi and family during wife's funeral

I guess I have said enough already. I am so hurt that it still feels like a dream.

Rest in Peace Keshi, guess you’ve gone to join your wife in the bosom of the Lord. May God grant your family the fortitude to bear this great loss. You were indeed an enigma.

ADIEU! ‘BIG BOSS’ KESHI!!

Also continue to Rest in Peace, Uche Okafor, Rashidi Yekini, Wilfred Agbonavbare, Thomson Oliha our football golden stars of 1994.





Thursday, 28 April 2016

TIWA SAVAGE, TEE BILLZ "GET YOUR ACTS TOGETHER"


These celebrities, you are proving by the day that being married is not meant for you guys at all, so why waste all that money and peoples’ time in having weddings when at the end of the day, they start crashing as soon as it’s started? I don’t get it.

I don’t know how authentic this is but then I read in one of the Nigerian dailies, the Vanguard a while ago that Mr. Tunji Balogun a.k.a Tee Billz Husband of the ‘kele kele’ love crooner, Tiwa Savage, had earlier this Thursday morning sent  a number of posts on Instagram which has sent tongues wagging all over the place.

According to the report, the posts alleged that Tee Billz is on a contemplation of either ending his marriage to Tiwa Savage or commit suicide as he is “so sick of pretending that everything is alright, because it’s not”. At that point I am wondering when did this trend of ‘wanting to commit suicide’ start in Nigeria. In the past, you only hear about such happenings abroad but not in Nigeria. It was RARE! Now all of a sudden, you hear of how one man or woman took his/her life for one issue or the other. Haba!

Nigerians are known to be tough skinned/hearted people who can withstand any situation, so what happened? If you think on the contrary, look at the situation we are in at the moment in the country, a lot of us are still believing ‘when there is life there is hope’ slogan as we are still on the hustle lane and making the best of the situation. We still find time to make jokes out of the whole serious and even life threatening situations all around us. In fact, the whole world should be giving Nigeria a standing ovation as the country with the highest number of ‘egbe wedgers’ that is ‘strong people’ as the typical Edo/Bini man would simply put it.

I also gathered from the paper that part of Tee Billz post read “I hope the f**king in Tiwa Savage brand brings you peace. I used my money, soul and everything I had for you and everyone knows how I hustled hard with passion for you to get to where you are today. You will find peace with your career”. Then trust Nigerians to be quick in replying when it comes to such issues. 
 
One person’s reply caught my attention and it said “such a shame!! That’s why my pastor says that choosing your life partner is the greatest career choice you will ever make!!!! More like the greatest life choice one will ever make.

I kinda agreed with that reply to an extent as it got me thinking. But then again, the truth is you can never get it ALL right no matter how smart/tactical you are or how long it takes you to eventually choose a LIFE partner. It takes God and sometimes ‘Luck’ to get somebody near perfect, but trust me; you can NEVER get a perfect person because on our own, we aren’t perfect as well, so why do you expect a perfect partner?

Please don’t get it twisted, I am not taking sides with either parties *I WILL NEVER DO THAT*. The thing is, ‘ALL MARRIAGES HAVE ISSUES EVERY NOW AND THEN’ but it is how the issues are handled that matters. It is not a matter of saying “I’m sorry I must have disappointed you guys. I just don’t have the strength to fight this battle anymore.  May God forgive me and accept my soul in peace”. If you asked me Tee Billz, I would say “that’s trash’.

You will not disappoint anybody but yourself if you don’t get your acts together and stand like the man you are. Doing anything silly would confirm the many rumours of the past that you were truly intimidated by the fame and success of your wife Tiwa Savage and also the claims that you’ve been violently attacking her at home.


And again, guess what? You won’t be here to testify whether the so many things that will be said about you when you are gone, are true or false. Memories of you will go *fingers clicking* in a flash just like that. If according to you, she had ‘100% insecurity’ when you met her, who do you think will be called ‘insecured’ when you take your life?

Before I let go on this, I need clarification on a part of the Instagram posts where Tee Billz allegedly wrote “to you Mr. Ibrahim Olatunji Balogun Snr….I tried my best not to be like you but instead of focusing on being a better person, I was worried about not wanting to be like you. I reached out and cry to you as my father but all you care about is yourself and your money… I ended up having kids like you by multiple women and my first marriage and only marriage didn’t make it to 2years just like the one you had with my mum. Why the f**k did God Make you my father”.

When I read that, I got a bit more confused. Nevertheless, it shows there is more to this Tiwa and Tee Billz marriage ‘wahala’ than meets the eye. Apparently, from all indications, Tee Billz is not only bitter with Tiwa Savage and the allegations of her infidelity with Don Jazzy, Tu Face, Dr. Sid and the rest of the ‘accused’, he is also bitter towards his father. Hmmm! Until we get the rest of the story, let’s just keep our fingers crossed and not take part in any ‘blame game’ yet.

My candid advice, “Tiwa and Tee Billz, sort yourselves out in your closet. Every marriage has issues, how you handle yours is up to you. Think more about the Good times together, maybe that would help".

Husband of songstress, Tiwa Savage, Mr. Tunji Balogun a.k.a Tee Billz on Thursday posted several posts on Instagram, alleging that he’s contemplating between committing suicide or ending his his marriage to the talented singer. tiwaa In the past couple of years, Tee Billz, who manages Tiwa Savage, has been accused of domestic violence – but both parties have never spoken on the matter. At some point, it was rumoured that Tee Billz was intimidated by the fame and success of the singer, hence his resorting to inflicting physical pains on her. Again, this claim has never been confirmed. See some of his posts teebillz teebillz3 teebillz2 teebillz5

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/tiwa-savages-hubby-threatens-to-commit-suicide-over-wifes-alleged-infidelity/
Husband of songstress, Tiwa Savage, Mr. Tunji Balogun a.k.a Tee Billz on Thursday posted several posts on Instagram, alleging that he’s contemplating between committing suicide or ending his his marriage to the talented singer. tiwaa In the past couple of years, Tee Billz, who manages Tiwa Savage, has been accused of domestic violence – but both parties have never spoken on the matter. At some point, it was rumoured that Tee Billz was intimidated by the fame and success of the singer, hence his resorting to inflicting physical pains on her. Again, this claim has never been confirmed. See some of his posts teebillz teebillz3 teebillz2 teebillz5

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/tiwa-savages-hubby-threatens-to-commit-suicide-over-wifes-alleged-infidelity/
Husband of songstress, Tiwa Savage, Mr. Tunji Balogun a.k.a Tee Billz on Thursday posted several posts on Instagram, alleging that he’s contemplating between committing suicide or ending his his marriage to the talented singer. tiwaa In the past couple of years, Tee Billz, who manages Tiwa Savage, has been accused of domestic violence – but both parties have never spoken on the matter. At some point, it was rumoured that Tee Billz was intimidated by the fame and success of the singer, hence his resorting to inflicting physical pains on her. Again, this claim has never been confirmed. See some of his posts teebillz teebillz3 teebillz2 teebillz5

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/tiwa-savages-hubby-threatens-to-commit-suicide-over-wifes-alleged-infidelity/