Nigerian singer Simi has broken her silence following widespread social media criticism over resurfaced tweets from 2012, when she was 23. In a statement on X, Simi addressed the backlash, which intensified after her public stance against rape culture amid the Mirabel false allegation controversy. She explained the tweets were innocent reflections of her life while helping at her mother’s daycare and hustling her music career. “Kids are cute and lovable.
I want to hug, kiss and cuddle them. I tweet about it. Nothing I tweeted was from perversion,” she wrote. Simi stressed that her words have been twisted to fit false narratives and that she has “never been depraved in my life.” She added that her team has been deleting some tweets due to sensitivity for her family, though she was reluctant. Simi reaffirmed her long-standing stance against sexual assault: “I’ve 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.”
Key Points:
Simi’s defence aims to contextualise decade-old tweets amid heightened scrutiny.
The controversy highlights the dangers of interpreting past social media posts without context.
Simi protects her reputation, while online mobs continue scrutiny.
This signals the vulnerability of public figures to digital archaeology.
The timing, after rape advocacy, makes her a target.
Simi denies ever being “depraved” as she addresses backlash over 2012 tweets, insisting her words have been twisted and reaffirming anti-rape stance.
Sources: Vanguard, Simi/X.
