“they added fuel to fire”-Nadia Nakai On Isidingo Featuring her ‘No-make-up’ Image
Nadia says she's happy that something positive came out of her viral image.
As most people are aware that Isidingo usually tackles trending news this time around it featured the image of female rapper Nadia Nakai that went viral where she wasn’t wearing make-up and looked way too different than she does when wearing make-up.
On Valentine’s day Nadia was out and about with her bae, the day looked to be amazing for the couple until Bandile Mbere posted an image on his Instagram page of him and Nadia who looked ‘unrecognisable’. Nadia said she doesn’t mind that Isidingo featured her in their plot but doesn’t like that they added fuel to fire.
“I understand that they need to keep their script current and this is something that they usually do. So, I don’t expect them to treat the situation differently, just because it’s me. I don’t feel like they shamed me or owe me anything, but they did add fuel to the fire, which was unnecessary and that’s why Cassper commented.”
Cassper commented on the use of the image by Isidingo too.
Someone sent me this clip of isidingo shaming Nadia Nakai like all the other Cyber bullies. A whole Isidingo ? I wonder how they think the poor girl will feel. Wow. Ra di bona hle. 👎🏿 pic.twitter.com/xYlaX7hlpq
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) February 21, 2018
Isidingo spokesperson Sumaya Mogola was shocked when YOU phoned them for a comment regarding the tweet.
“We did not mean to offend anyone,” she said. “Isidingo strives to stay current with whatever is trending or in the news and usually work it into the show. We also did not mean to offend Nadia Nakai. She is beautiful with or without makeup. She is just a beautiful girl.”
She admits she was initially hurt by the challenge, but now she loves what it has come to stand for.
“I actually think it’s a dope challenge, women took something that was supposed to be hurtful and turned it into something positive.They rallied behind it, shared pictures of themselves and started embracing their natural selves.”
Nakai said it was actually Cassper who pointed out the benefits of the Twitter trend.
“I won’t lie, I was very hesitant when this all started but Cassper was the one who said that it’s good that I can inspire women to love themselves and have that kind of influence.”
“Cassper is like my brother and he knows how something like this affects me, so I understand where he was coming from,” she said.
