Oh well! Popular Thisday Newspaper columnist Azuka Ogujiuba
has penned down what she thinks went down at last month’s Headies. Azuka titled the
report, ‘The Good, Bad and Ugly of 2014 Headies Awards’ where she wrote on Toke
Makinwa and few other celebrities and what she thinks they did right and wrong.
Remember Toke hosted the show alongside Basket Mouth? Oh well, what she wrote will shock you. Oya read;
She obviously loves the limelight; she enjoys being called
and seen as a celebrity, and she loves the good life of being a star, which
sincerely is not a crime and it is equally her business anyway. For me as a
journalist, if l am to pick any of the known on-air personalities to interview
then Toke Makinwa will never make number 50 on my list because l don’t know
what she wants to tell the world about her career and personal life again.
Her
life is practically on the social network but it is truly her choice. There is
no doubt that she works hard and can be aggressive. She probably wants to be
the most popular radio personality and, of course, probably has to add the
‘fake it till you make it’ attitude into everything she does. Her strategy is
working for her. I actually used to think Toke was so loved and revered by her
fans until she co-hosted the 2014 HEADIES awards.
Initially, l thought she had
butterflies in her stomach, because l have been a victim before, when l had to
present an award to the family of the late Dagrin, who died a month before the
award in 2010. When l saw the crowd
watching me on stage l was scared and immediately became dump, l was so
overwhelmed by stage fright that D1 came to my rescue. Through that short time
the crowd booed me off the stage, and it should be worse for a wanna-be ‘celeberity’ like Toke whom l used to think
has more fans than the likes of Funke Akindele, Tu face, Genevive Nnaji and co,
because that is how Toke Makinwa rates herself. Maybe she thinks she falls in
the category of A-list celebrities. Well, to some people she might be.
and her ‘fakeness’, trying to be who she is not. l think Animashaun imagines
his event as a huge joke that was why he opted for Toke. The fact that Toke
presents ‘Trends’ does not mean she has the capability to host such a big show
and a large crowd. And the crowd was not merciful at all, as the audience made
Toke realise she was not wanted on stage; nobody replied her calls or laughed
at her jokes. They just wanted her out of the stage every time she came out in
any of her horrible outfits which, as usual, were given to her free by
designers, who also have fallen prey to her ‘fakeness’. The response was so bad
that at a point l felt so sorry for her. Less l forget, l also wore an outfit
courtesy of Kina Buti to the awards night.
audience laughing when she walked up the stage. l didn’t see her at first
because I was actually chatting on my blackberry phone, but the laughter from
the crowd made me look up quickly. People talked openly not caring who was
listening, and l heard from the seat behind me someone asking ‘Why is this girl
fooling herself? What nonsense is she wearing and why would she wear a’ Padded
Butt’ in this kind of outfit? Another said she looked like she wore pampers,
and the comments and laughter at Toke’s foolery went on and on.
And l just
thought to myself who is actually her stylist? Who is doing this to Toke? Or is
she her own worst enemy? She made it worse when she tried to thrill the crowd
with the various dance steps which she did badly as the crowd continued to
bully and boo her. It was so hard not to laugh, as she kept making jest of
herself on stage. Toke invited Julius Agwu on stage to assist her in dancing
shoki, and Julius Agwu flawed and also threw jibes at her and her ugly/funny
jumpsuit. It was then with the large crowd that l realised Toke has this ‘we
love to hate you kind of personality’.
She’s liked as much as she’s disliked
and draws negative and controversial attention. In a way, l think she loves
anything negative or positive as long she is seen on the pages of newspapers,
magazines and for her stories to be on the blogs. For people like Toke any
publicity is cool as long people know or read about her. As long as it makes
her join the league of ‘celebrity world’ she does not care.
was equally ugly and drab; I don’t know which designer made the outfit and, the
fourth outfit reminded me of a turkey for thanksgiving. l don’t understand the
dress or is it the feathers? Biko, who is her stylist, l ask again and, the
exchange of wigs, was that really necessary?
crowd happy but they were very hostile to her, to the extent that at one point
she had to plead with the crowd to accept and laugh at her jokes or even
applaud her efforts to make them enjoy the show, but the crowd still ignored
her until Basketmouth as usual came to her rescue. Even her jokes at
Basketmouth’s marriage was quickly hushed and halted by him.
because her presence almost marred the event. She is what people in the crowd
described as ‘a die-hard wanna-be’ and it is working for her l guess. And her
accent is a gist for her another.
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