Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson finally spoke out about her relationship with ex-boyfriend Iyanya in an interview with Cubaze Mykelz Blog's Valerie Toks, alluding the relationship’s end to the Kukere singer’s lying ways. Below is the short excerpts from the full interview:
“Sometime
last year, you were quite emotional on Twitter when you supposedly
broke up with a Nigerian music star. That incident has been shrouded
with lots of cover-ups.
Could you tell me what really happened?
I think it’s time my fans get to know the whole truth so I’m going to
let it all out. I dated one person here, he’s in the industry. There
were too many lies in the relationship. I found out a whole lot of
things and I just felt like he took advantage of me.
Why did you go on Twitter to express your emotions?
I’m human, I’m not like a robot or anything. I just wanted the whole
world to know what I was going through and I just wanted them to know
that I was done with the relationship.
Did you actually break up with him on Twitter?
I didn’t break up on Twitter. I just tweeted how I was feeling that very moment.
We had an interview with Iyanya shortly after that Twitter rant and his words were “She didn’t mention my name so I don’t know anything about it. I’ve never told anyone that I was dating anybody.” Aren’t we talking about the same person here?
He would say that because he was wrong. His team is also trying to
protect his fan base and I don’t blame him for denying anything. It’s
him and his career, that’s OK.
How long did the two of you date and how would you describe the relationship?
We dated for 7 to 8 months. We had something and I thought it was
special, like he was a wonderful guy but it was all lies. He had other
girls and other things he was doing. Aside the actress that was in the
picture, there were a lot more. That is how bad it is. We were in a
relationship and he lied throughout and he was able to do all those
things because I wasn’t living in Nigeria. But aside from the distance, I
feel if you’re a genuine person and you’re loyal, you would still not
do that.
Is this actress you’re talking about actually Tonto Dikeh?
I feel it’s disrespectful to start mentioning other people’s names. I
am talking about Iyanya because we had a thing, I don’t want to bring in
a third person. There were a lot of names that people know. There was a
girl from South Africa, I’m not going to mention names but she was part
of Big Brother Africa last year.
Most people only got to know that you and Iyanya were dating after you broke up. Were you deliberately being secretive about it?
I also don’t believe in putting my relationships in the faces of
people. We both had our careers and were trying to protect our fan base
and that’s cool. But if you go through my Instagram page, you’d see a
couple of pictures of us together. I wasn’t shy about anything but he
could not say he’s dating Yvonne Nelson because he had different people
he was seeing so it was very hard for him to bring it out.
What did the experience teach you?
There are some things that you don’t get to learn in school; people
can’t advice you, you won’t even listen. You just have to experience it
to learn. I have no regrets that I went through it, it would have
happened anyway. We are all human beings. We fall in love once in a
while but if it doesn’t work out, that’s OK.
Have you moved on since then?
I have! It happened last year but I’ve moved on. I’ve been working
hard, been producing movies. I still listen to his music, I love his
album. I love the Track 1 with MI and I love, ‘I Got It’. He is a very
talented guy, I always have goose bumps on my body when he sings.”