Juliana Olayode, better known as Toyo Baby in the TV series Jenifa Diaries, shocked many of her fans recently when she said she lost her virginity to her music teacher.
Olayode made the claim in her tell-it-all book titled Rebirth
According to her: “The day finally came. He wanted to move the date because he was expecting some money that he wanted to use to pay for a good hotel. But moving it would mean my mum back from church. We went back into the room, and it happened. It was a painful experience for me. I cried at different points and he kept apologizing, begging me to keep my voice down lest they think he was raping me. He told me to relax and bear the pain.
“In his words, “do not be a weak woman”. That got at me because I hated feeling or being treated as weak. I asked for a break. He tutored me some more and tried again until he finally got through. It was not anything like he had told me it would be”.
Toyo Baby in diverse interviews had claimed she was a virgin and living sexually pure. However, some of her teeming fans were disappointed when they read about how she lost her virginity in her new book.
One of them who simply identified himself as Eden Faces wrote: “What brought about the issue of virginity in the first place? She could have just campaigned for sexual purity and abstinence. Besides, the fact that she’s been penetrated doesn’t matter if she’s stopped. She could be said to be a ‘secondary virgin’ but is the book all about her losing her virginity alone? ‘Cos I’m not moved to read it”
Another of her fan in reacting to the claim also said:”Dating married music teacher at 17 years old, I get the point but why are you trying to be popular by force: who your virginity help”?
However, bowing to the intense pressure and shock that greeted her new revealations, the actress has come out to state why she lied about being a virgin.
“People had assumed I was a virgin. I had never said I was. But I never corrected their assumptions either. So, I was still in that fix. Shortly after my confession, Ebony Life TV called me for an interview. I went and for the first time in my several interviews, I was asked point blank if I was a virgin. I tried to evade the question, but my interviewer was not having it.
“She demanded for a yes or no. I did not see the question coming and I lied. I said, “Yes, I am a virgin.” Immediately the interview was over, I hurried to the bathroom in the studio and cried. I felt terrible for lying and told God I was sorry.”
Toyo Baby said because she was ashamed to admit lying in various interviews, she decided to continue with the lie.
“I felt it was my secret and the whole world needs not know
about it. I was upset with myself, however, for answering her. I could have insisted I
could not tell. So, I proposed never to answer such again. Easier said than done, right? Shortly after, I was on another TV interview: Crux Of The Matter, with Elsie.
“I was invited to talk for sexual purity while the other guest spoke against. In the process of the discussion, around the time when it was heated, I was asked out of the blues again if I was a virgin. And before I knew it, I heard myself lying again. I was mad at myself.
“I was on another TV interview that trended for a while. It was On The Couch, with Lady Ariyike. I talked about sexual purity, but thankfully I was not asked if I was a virgin. After that one, I decided to stop interviews altogether. I was tired of lying or having to dread lying if I was asked straight up.”
