The S3x Tape HelpedMe--Chidinma Reveals

Some weeks back, the first female
winner of MTN Project Fame West Africa,
Chidinma Ekile was in the news for an
alleged s3x scandal. The 'small but
mighty' singer would have surely been
devastated by that bitter experience. The video, which many thought was the
'Kedike' crooner, turned out to be
another lady having a striking
resemblance of the MTN Brand
Ambassador. Recounting how she dealt with the
situation, Chidinma told Punch in an
interview that it was not easy for her.
She disclosed that her manager had to
tell her to see herself as a balloon in the
air, surrounded by needles below and being waited to be deflated. She however submitted that the incident
has turned out to be a big blessing to
her. In her words, "I woke up one morning
and I was greeted on the internet with
'Chidinma and s3x tape'. I was worried
primarily because of my mother. I didn't
let her see the video but I had to show
her the photos. I didn't want to go out that day. I couldn't go out. But my mum
felt otherwise. She told me to ignore the
mischief makers. I almost took some
actions but I thought against it. "I met Sound Sultan on a set. He told me,
'Babe, you are now a star. I welcome
you officially into the industry.' "I trended for three days. Even people
who didn't know me got to know me. My
fan base grew. And then, I was happy
because more than 90 per cent of the
public didn't believe I was the one in that
video. There were people who didn't need to see the video to believe I
couldn't have done such thing. I am just
grateful to everyone who didn't believe
the story. "My twitter account was hacked and the
people created another account. They
kept releasing nasty pictures and they
were even responding to the tweets as
if I was the one doing it. I was just
watching and laughing. It put me in the spotlight. I used it for good."