The other day, KFB told you that Toke Makinwa goofed at the Headies awards which held last month in Lagos (HERE), well a popular journalist Azuka Ogujiuba has recounted her own experience at the headies too (but she kinda went too hard)….poor Toke!
The ThisDay newspaper columnist Azuka Ogujiuba talked about the 2014 Headies in an article titled ‘The Good, Bad and Ugly of 2014 Headies Awards’. Read below:
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 I am to pick any of the
known on-air personalities to interview then Toke Makinwa will never
make number 50 on my list because I 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 loved
and revered by her fans until she co-hosted the 2014 HEADIES awards.
Initially, I thought she had butterflies in her stomach, because I have
been a victim before, when I had to present an award to the family of
the late Dagrin, who died a month before the award in 2010. When I saw
the crowd watching me on stage I was scared and immediately become dumb,
I 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 celebrity like Toke whom I used to think has more
fans than the likes of Funke Akindele, Tu face, Geneveive 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.
She almost cheapened and marred the show
with her dry jokes and her ‘fake-ness’, trying to be who she is not. I
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 realize 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 I felt so sorry for her. Less I forget, I also wore an
outfit courtesy of Kina Buti to the awards night.
Her second outfit was a sequin jumpsuit,
which got the audience laughing when she walked up to the stage. I
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 I 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 I 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 her 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 I realized 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, I think she loves anything
negative or positive as long as 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.
Her third outfit was made in adire with a
funny big bow. It 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. I don’t understand the dress or is it the feathers?
Biko, who is her stylist, I ask again and, the exchange of wigs, was
that really necessary?
During the awards she did everything she
could to make the crowd happy but they were very hostile to her, to the
extent that at one point she 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.
