Big Brother Naija 2018 second runner-up, Tobi Bakre, has appealed to fans of the reality TV show not to pit ex-housemates against each other.
In an interview with ThisDay published on Friday, shared his thoughts on why fans of ex-housemates should preach love rather than try to pit former contestants against each other.
“Most times, it is my friends that tell me what people are saying on social media. Most of the times, I just go on twitter and tweet, then sometimes I see responses. Often times I do not see people’s opinions, not that they don’t matter because it is good to get feedback, but I hardly see the negative ones.
“A lot of my fans do not have the real picture of me and why I do what I do, so I only try to listen to the people in my inner space that knows my reality. I like my fans, but then I have another group that has gone beyond being fans, they are my friends.
“Some of them were fans, who found their way into my life, they see all about me, and then I listen to their perspective. So I think maybe they bash me less now because I don’t respond, and a lot of them may not mean it, all they want may just be a reply from me. But I don’t reply such because once I do that, they end up getting what they want,” he said.
The 23-year-old also revealed that he was accused of being the cause of the death of D’banj’s son after he paid a visit to the singer in his home.
“I preach love and peace, so if anyone is bringing anything contrary to that, he or she won’t get my response. For instance, how will someone say on twitter that Tobi’s visit to DBanj’s house caused the death of his son? How will someone say something that ridiculous? Even if you conceive it in your mind, how would you say that kind of thing? So I just looked at it and said that this person is definitely looking for a reaction but he won’t get it,” he said.
