Finally, singer Tiwa Savage, has opened up to
say her own side of the issues she has in her marriage.
Earlier in the week, her husband, Tee Billz,
had gone on a social media rant, accusing his wife of infidelity and so many
other issues.
But in an emotional video interview
with Pulse.ng.com, the
singer revealed she had been miserable in her marriage
for a long time.
Twa said she didn’t really know about what
her husband had said online but what mattered to her most was that he should be
found alive because he was suicidal.
“I just wanted him to be found and make sure
he was okay. I couldn’t respond to anything because I didn’t know the extent of
what he had said because somebody had actually taken my phone away because they
didn’t want me to see what was said online. I was just scared for his life, I
was just panicking. We were in my bedroom, It was around 11am that
Banky’s mum came and we were praying. I know his family in LA were praying as
well. We got the call that he was found on Lekki Bridge and he was brought to
Banky’s house.”
Tiwa, who said there had been crack in the
marriage for a long time, also said she had been covering up in order for the
public not to know the issues in her marriage.
“I knew our anniversary was coming. For the
past two months, Tee J (as he is also called) and I have not been
together and I knew this marriage wasn’t going to work. It has been like that.
I didn’t know if I should post (about the anniversary) and keep up appearances
and I didn’t know if I shouldn’t post and face reality.
“I have not spoken to him for a week, he had
left the house. We were supposed to get some documents for my son. We were
supposed to get his passport. I was calling him on Sunday because the interview
was on Monday. He was reading the messages and he wasn’t responding. I even
told him we should try and be friends for our son’s sake and keep whatever is
happening between us away from our son. He didn’t respond, I left it.”
Tiwa said she realised her marriage was over
when she lost her pregnancy recently and her husband didn’t care about her
health.
“I have covered up for a lot of hurt in our
relationship. I was in Jamaica recently and just before then, I found out I was
pregnant again and we discussed it and we were trying to find out how we would
manage the situation. That morning, I was supposed to do the shoot, I started
bleeding uncontrollably. I panicked and I called him. I took pictures and sent
to him. I passed out and I was rushed to hospital. I had complications. I tried
to reach him and I couldn’t get him. I was discharged from the hospital and I
still tried to reach him, he didn’t call to find out what happened.
“I got back to Nigeria, I was sleeping and
somebody was calling him. He saved the number as ‘Edible caterer’, I wondered
why a catering service would be calling him at 2am. As a woman, I picked it up
and I went though his phone and I saw a long whatsapp conversation with the
same person that has the number saying ‘can we meet at the hotel?’ The
last message I saw was that she said ‘I had to leave at 7am, you were sleeping
when I left. He responded with ‘wow, because you knocked me out last night. It
was a great night’.
“ I woke him up and I asked him what was
going on. I asked him if this happened on our bed, he said it was in a hotel. I
asked him if he took another woman to a hotel and he said yes but nothing
happened that they were chilling. He wanted me to believe that. The thing that
hurt me most was that this happened when I was in Jamaica and I was in the
hospital. He was busy in a hotel while I was in a hospital and he couldn’t find
out what happened to me. At this point, I packed my stuff and took my son and
went to my friend’s house. She asked me what is the next step and I told her I
was done.”
Tiwa said she had to sack him as her manager
because he was stealing from her.
“I will never deny that he hustle d and
worked hard for me. Our policy is that you don’t go for event until you are
paid in full. He booked me for a show in London and I was already in London. I
called the accountant to find out if the people had paid and he said no. I
called Tee J and I told him they had not paid and he said I should go ahead and
perform. So I pulled the guy aside and asked him what was happening as
per payment and he asked me what I was talking about that they had
paid about four months ago and they paid into Tee J’s personal account. They
even paid more than what Tee J declared. He didn’t feel anything, he was
stealing from his wife. He didn’t see it as stealing. I had to perform at the
wedding for free.”
Concerning the allegation that she had slept
with some musicians including Don Jazzy, Dr. Sid and Tuface, Tiwa swore she was
never unfaithful to her husband.
“I will say for the records, I have never
cheated on my husband, NEVER! Not with Don Jazzy, Tuface, Dr. Sid, not with
anybody and I am willing to take a lie detector test for this. He knows this is
true.
“It is not my fault that he has been
struggling financially. But he messed up, he started stealing from me. I wanted
to save my marriage and I had to separate business from family. He wants to
live a life that is not true. He went to buy a Mercedes that he didn’t have the
money for. He paid for it in part and I ended up paying the balance because the
owner of the car was calling. I didn’t want people to look down on my man. I
wanted people to feel that my husband is taking care of me. I put the money in
his account so that people would think he paid for things but he went and
bought a Rolex watch and he still didn’t pay for the car. People were always threatening
me because of his debts. I would always find a way to find money to pay up the
debts, he was clubbing and spending money on drinks and he would leave the tab
and they will call me and I will pay.”
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