Simi breaks silence on backlash over old tweets

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Nigerian singer Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, widely recognized as Simi, has addressed the criticism that arose after her old tweets from more than ten years ago resurfaced.

The uproar started when Simi issued a forceful remark demanding that rapists be “burnt and castrated,” in the context of the ongoing sexual assault case concerning TikToker Mirabel, who subsequently withdrew her allegations.

Her remarks elicited a variety of responses online, prompting social media users to sift through Simi’s personal account and discover tweets from 2012.

Simi mentioned in several of her older posts that a four-year-old had a crush on her and was “acting like he wana loc lip.” In another post, she made a joke about the child “trying to put hand inside my shet (sic)”.

In response to this, Simi clarified the tweets on her X page.

Nigerian singer Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, widely recognized as Simi, has addressed the criticism that arose after her old tweets from more than ten years ago resurfaced.

The uproar started when Simi issued a forceful remark demanding that rapists be “burnt and castrated,” in the context of the ongoing sexual assault case concerning TikToker Mirabel, who subsequently withdrew her allegations.

Her remarks elicited a variety of responses online, prompting social media users to sift through Simi’s personal account and discover tweets from 2012.

Simi mentioned in several of her older posts that a four-year-old had a crush on her and was “acting like he wana loc lip.” In another post, she made a joke about the child “trying to put hand inside my shet (sic)”.

In response to this, Simi clarified the tweets on her X page.

She said, “I haven’t been on Twitter today, but someone brought a few of my old tweets to my attention, and I can’t not address it. 14 years ago, I was 23, so I was definitely not a child. I’m not here to make excuses because I don’t have anything to make excuses for. What I can’t let anyone do is twist my story to fit false narratives.”

She further explained, “In 2012, I lived and helped out at my mom’s daycare while hustling my music. I tweeted everything that happened in my life, as we all did at the time. Kids can be mischievous. If a child did something I found funny, I tweeted about it. Kids are cute and lovable. I want to hug, kiss, and cuddle them. I tweet about it. Nothing I tweeted was from perversion.”

Simi added, “I was not famous then, so maybe if I was, I would have understood that anything is open to interpretation, including being used falsely by a faceless mob. I’ve never been depraved in my life. You can retweet all the tweets in the world about me loudly crushing on people I admired or being a cheeky young woman. I wasn’t trying to hide it, because I have nothing to hide.”

“I have always spoken against rape and sexual assault, even before you knew I existed. It’s not a costume I’m wearing, it’s who I am. I’ve never claimed to be perfect. I’ve never claimed to know everything. I said stop raping women. I stand by it.”

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