Culled from Leadership!
Young, spontaneous
and excessive are words Big Brother Africa fans relate easily to her.
Her stories elicit taunts and laughter from Nigerian viewers. Many waive
her off, preferring to call her ‘a disgrace to Nigeria’, without a
second thought.
But
that is what Beverly Ada Osu has brought upon herself, going into the
finale of Africa’s biggest reality TV show. She has given no one reason
to think or speak otherwise.
Being real?
Beverly found
herself on the wrong side of a love triangle early in the game. Many
gave her the benefit of doubt when Ugandan basketballer, Isaac ‘LK4’
Lugude decided to play a fast one on her and South African model Koketso
Modibo. But many failed to take that as a hint. She moved on to
Ethiopian student, Bimp, after being shipped off to the Diamond House
from the Ruby House. She didn’t need his permission to share his bed:
She latched onto him like a leech for her daily survival. But Bimp’s
avowed commitment to his girlfriend ensured that he kept the lines of
friendship very clear.
When South Africa’s Angelo Collins
connected with Beverly at the party zone, it was a case of two
housemates finding love on the rebound; and that love which Beverly
shares with the dance instructor has seen her throw caution to the
winds. After two near mishaps, Beverly finally let go last Friday in
Biggie’s bathtub. She became the fourth female Chasemate to have sex on
live TV, following closely in the footsteps of Betty, Selly and Cleo.
Her
many exaggerations Beverly made ears twinge earlier when she revealed
that she was expelled from secondary school. Then she spoke about a
‘thing’ with singer 2Shortz and tongues wagged more. The singer’s
rebuttal of any links with her made people have a rethink. Could Beverly
be making up her stories? Not long after many discerning fans began to
pick holes in her stories. Funny enough, she told many of them to
housemates without bothering if she was over-stepping boundaries of
decency, tact, fact and truth.
“In Nigeria, I can be walking past a
market, and a market woman will stone me,” Bev told Chasemates last
week Friday. She claimed a 42-year-old man wanted to marry her after
meeting her just for a day, just to buttress an earlier statement: “My
mum used to tell me that the guy I will marry, I won’t date for long.”
While
confirming that she dropped out of Babcock University, she raised
viewers eyebrows with two blatant lies: “I went to the most expensive
school in Nigeria. I was a first-class material before dropping out of
school, not because I don’t have the brain.” Many can easily attest to
the fact that Igbinedion University’s fees dwarf that of Babcock and
many a first-class student can spell difference without blinking.
If
you still care you can read through these random sensational picks:
“Flirting is in my genes,” she told Angelo. “I have over 16 Bibles,” she
also told housemates. She claimed that popular singer Omawumi Megbele
was her best friend. That was after she let out that a journey from
Nigeria to Ghana by road took between 2-3hours. For Beverly, the Nigeria
naira exchanges at a N100 to $1: “ I told him [one of her ex
boyfriends] that I would charge N100,000, that’s about a $1,000!”
Her
loose tongue Beverly’s stories have no boundaries and respect. “My
grandmother speaks Ibo and doesn’t speak English very well. She is an
illiterate!” Her mother’s dealings in life are in the open. From
revealing that her 52-year-old mother carried drugs, she claimed that
she was also an alaiye (mother of street urchins), and spoke boldly of
how her mother took one young man to the cleaners with the help of her
brothers. Hmmm…
She told Elikem on Monday: “My first boyfriend
was Frank Okosa. He was 18 and in SS2, I was 15 in SS3. He was the first
to have sex with me.” She went ahead to reel out a list of her many
boyfriends after Okosa: CJ, Nosa (32yrs), Rukkie (35yrs), Special
(32yrs) and Curtis (28yrs). To justify her many men, she gave a lame
excuse: “All my ex were over-protective and they took me for granted.”
If she had stopped there it would have been very unlike her. But she
dropped another bombshell for Elikem, the listening ear: “I can’t make
love except I am high.”
On Wednesday, Beverly still wanted to
have a say, as long as any housemate made a comment. So, when Namibia’s
Dillish Matthews disclosed that her mother’s birthday was August 14,
Beverly jumped in, “my mum’s birthday is tomorrow.”
Beverly’s many
tales coupled with her bathtub escapade with Angelo is not doing her
any favours with the fans. But if she can avoid the possible eviction
nomination list next week, she will be in the annals of Big Brother
Africa history books as the only Chasemate who made the grand finale
without being nominated for 11weeks. If her name comes up next week, it
would be safe to say even at this time that she may never make it to the
finale, Nigerian or not
Young, spontaneous
and excessive are words Big Brother Africa fans relate easily to her.
Her stories elicit taunts and laughter from Nigerian viewers. Many waive
her off, preferring to call her ‘a disgrace to Nigeria’, without a
second thought.
But
that is what Beverly Ada Osu has brought upon herself, going into the
finale of Africa’s biggest reality TV show. She has given no one reason
to think or speak otherwise.
Being real?
Beverly found
herself on the wrong side of a love triangle early in the game. Many
gave her the benefit of doubt when Ugandan basketballer, Isaac ‘LK4’
Lugude decided to play a fast one on her and South African model Koketso
Modibo. But many failed to take that as a hint. She moved on to
Ethiopian student, Bimp, after being shipped off to the Diamond House
from the Ruby House. She didn’t need his permission to share his bed:
She latched onto him like a leech for her daily survival. But Bimp’s
avowed commitment to his girlfriend ensured that he kept the lines of
friendship very clear.
When South Africa’s Angelo Collins
connected with Beverly at the party zone, it was a case of two
housemates finding love on the rebound; and that love which Beverly
shares with the dance instructor has seen her throw caution to the
winds. After two near mishaps, Beverly finally let go last Friday in
Biggie’s bathtub. She became the fourth female Chasemate to have sex on
live TV, following closely in the footsteps of Betty, Selly and Cleo.
Her
many exaggerations Beverly made ears twinge earlier when she revealed
that she was expelled from secondary school. Then she spoke about a
‘thing’ with singer 2Shortz and tongues wagged more. The singer’s
rebuttal of any links with her made people have a rethink. Could Beverly
be making up her stories? Not long after many discerning fans began to
pick holes in her stories. Funny enough, she told many of them to
housemates without bothering if she was over-stepping boundaries of
decency, tact, fact and truth.
“In Nigeria, I can be walking past a
market, and a market woman will stone me,” Bev told Chasemates last
week Friday. She claimed a 42-year-old man wanted to marry her after
meeting her just for a day, just to buttress an earlier statement: “My
mum used to tell me that the guy I will marry, I won’t date for long.”
While
confirming that she dropped out of Babcock University, she raised
viewers eyebrows with two blatant lies: “I went to the most expensive
school in Nigeria. I was a first-class material before dropping out of
school, not because I don’t have the brain.” Many can easily attest to
the fact that Igbinedion University’s fees dwarf that of Babcock and
many a first-class student can spell difference without blinking.
If
you still care you can read through these random sensational picks:
“Flirting is in my genes,” she told Angelo. “I have over 16 Bibles,” she
also told housemates. She claimed that popular singer Omawumi Megbele
was her best friend. That was after she let out that a journey from
Nigeria to Ghana by road took between 2-3hours. For Beverly, the Nigeria
naira exchanges at a N100 to $1: “ I told him [one of her ex
boyfriends] that I would charge N100,000, that’s about a $1,000!”
Her
loose tongue Beverly’s stories have no boundaries and respect. “My
grandmother speaks Ibo and doesn’t speak English very well. She is an
illiterate!” Her mother’s dealings in life are in the open. From
revealing that her 52-year-old mother carried drugs, she claimed that
she was also an alaiye (mother of street urchins), and spoke boldly of
how her mother took one young man to the cleaners with the help of her
brothers. Hmmm…
She told Elikem on Monday: “My first boyfriend
was Frank Okosa. He was 18 and in SS2, I was 15 in SS3. He was the first
to have sex with me.” She went ahead to reel out a list of her many
boyfriends after Okosa: CJ, Nosa (32yrs), Rukkie (35yrs), Special
(32yrs) and Curtis (28yrs). To justify her many men, she gave a lame
excuse: “All my ex were over-protective and they took me for granted.”
If she had stopped there it would have been very unlike her. But she
dropped another bombshell for Elikem, the listening ear: “I can’t make
love except I am high.”
On Wednesday, Beverly still wanted to
have a say, as long as any housemate made a comment. So, when Namibia’s
Dillish Matthews disclosed that her mother’s birthday was August 14,
Beverly jumped in, “my mum’s birthday is tomorrow.”
Beverly’s many
tales coupled with her bathtub escapade with Angelo is not doing her
any favours with the fans. But if she can avoid the possible eviction
nomination list next week, she will be in the annals of Big Brother
Africa history books as the only Chasemate who made the grand finale
without being nominated for 11weeks. If her name comes up next week, it
would be safe to say even at this time that she may never make it to the
finale, Nigerian or not