Veteran Nigerian producer cum singer, Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has opened up on how a 2022 viral video of him massaging a lady got him in trouble with his fans, especially his female admirers.
Don Jazzy stated this while featuring as a guest on the recent episode of Doyin’s Corner podcast hosted by former Big Brother Naija housemate, Doyin.
Celebrities become role models if they like it or not and it seems many who look up to the Mavin Label Boss were disappointed with the video to the extent that he lost lot of followers after uploading it.
Asked if at any point, he felt he had disappointed people looking up to him as a role model, Don Jazzy said:
“You’re a nosy interviewer. A lot of people didn’t like the massage video that I did. There was a massage video that I did, I was promoting my music.
“…Ehn, some people did not like that I was massaging bum bum.
“I feel like a lot of people were not happy about that. I have different reasons why I feel like some people were not happy about it. One was that it was very shocking considering that it was out of character. Normally, I don’t normally do that. Number two, obviously I have been in the game for a long time. So to an extent, I do have people that admire me, like women. So jealousy wan kill some of them so they just started getting angry.
“Jealousy can lead you to be more angry na. Jealousy can make you to be more angry.
Doyin asked if Don Jazzy felt he lost a bit of toasters that period, he responded:
“Them dey toast me like that? [laughs]. Well, yes. There were some people that were angry. Ah! E pained them well well. Ah! “Oh my god. I’m crushed. My crush has crushed me.” Some people unfollowed me, but they followed me back. Things like that.”
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