‘I’ll Keep Helping People To Participate In BBA’ -Denrele Edun
Popular television presenter, Denrele Edun, has vowed to keep on providing assistance to fellow Nigerians who want to participate in the Big Brother Africa reality TV show in the future.
Known to his fans as Denrele, he said this in response to those who severely criticised him for his presumed role in the appearance of Nigeria’s controversial female representative in the 2013 BBA show, Beverly Osu.
Denrele said Beverly’s failure to emerge winner of the show, which ended on Sunday, and to take home the $300,000 star prize, would not deter her from succeeding in life.
Beverly was the first housemate to be evicted from the grand finale of the show. She was followed by fellow compatriot, Melvin Oduah, the Ghanaian housemate, Elikem and Zambian representative, Cleo, in quick succession. The Namibian housemate, Dillish, eventually emerged the winner of the 2013 show.
Angered by Beverly’s alleged sexual intercourse with Angelo Collins of South Africa in a bath-tub, the critics had blamed Denrele for using his position as a presenter on Channel O to get her on the MNET-sponsored reality show.
As soon as it became obvious that Beverly could not win the show, some angry Nigerians launched an attack against him on Twitter and other social networking sites.
Those who blamed Denrele for Beverly’s escapades, which they felt had portrayed Nigerian women as immoral, warned him to henceforth desist from getting his preferred friends and associates on the annual reality show.
One Chuky Unadulterated tweeted, via @ChukyUnfazed, “Derenle, just respect yourself from now on and stop filling forms. Henceforth, let normal, regular Nigerians have a chance too.”
But Denrele, who said on Twitter that he watched the grand finale of the show on TV in Nigeria after he missed his flight to South Africa on Saturday night, has declared that he will not stop helping people to “achieve their dreams.’’
He lamented that he had been “taking the heat” for Beverly and pledged to keep supporting her in spite of the criticism.
The presenter said he was not angry with those who had been calling him names, adding that the BBA Chase had already put Beverly in the limelight.
In a series of tweets, he said, “Beverly Osu is already a superstar! I have been taking the heat for my girl and I’m standing solidly behind her! Africa, get ready! Work.
