Big Brother: Doll, it’s all about voodoo!

SO the backstabbing has started in the BBA house.

This was bound to happen, given that there are 12 housemates from various backgrounds. True colours are slowly being nailed to the mast and it’s proving an eye-opener how some people, like my man Richard, are opening up.Resident hoochie mama, South Africa’s Lerato, seems to have been freaked out by Ofunneka’s ‘black’ soap and doll, which she implied were voodoo talismans or some such.On Tuesday, the voodoo talk continued late into the night with Lerato, Meryl and Richard sitting in the lounge gossiping about Ofunneka’s Sunday talent act – in which she did a Nigerian tribal dance and blew some powder into the air.Richard said the dance spooked him and Meryl confided she was scared of Ofunneka and her antics.Lerato then dragged Richard into the girl’s room from where he rapidly retreated after seeing ‘the doll’ – which was not shown to viewers.”Would you give such a doll to your child?” Lerato asked Richard, with a sneer on her face.”Of course not.Unless if I want my child to die of depression,” Richard responded much to the amusement of Lerato and Meryl.They then turned to Ofunneka’s coughing, her inability to sleep and seemed to try and make her out to be some kind of fetish priestess.Meryl stated as a fact that since entering the house (some 10 nights ago), Ofunneka had not slept a wink and had never spent a night in the girls’ room.She even said that while she was treating BBA2 as a game, some people seemed to be taking it very seriously, and would do ‘anything’ to win! As the rumourmongers carried on with unfounded claims, Ofunneka was busy outside the house, braving the cold to complete a task.Messages from viewers came in fast and furious, with South Africans calling for Ofunneka to be evicted while the Nigerians supported their girl and gave explanations about the so-called black soap.There seems to be serious beef between South Africans and Nigerian viewers! You gotta love reality TV, it can bring out the worst in all of us.I think Lerato and Meryl are just paranoid.I blame their ignorance and warped way of thinking on the many Nigerian films that dwell on witchcraft and Satanism.These addictive African movies have made people believe that most Nigerians dabble in scary black magic.That said, Ofunneka comes across as an intelligent, quiet Christian woman, who has strong moral values by which she lives.These qualities can intimidate, and can make one an easy target for jealousy and any kind of criticism.But for now, the queen of gossip has to be Malawi’s Code.The brother sure can run his mouth on issues that he clearly knows nothing about.And who made him an expert on women? He goes around backstabbing and saying nasty things about Maureen, whom he alleges has the hots for him.Code claims he has ‘no emotional attachment’ to women and wants to portray himself like he’s all tough and untouchable.PUUUUUHLEEEZ! Man, get a life and be a man and face up to the fact that we can all see that you actually admire the beautiful Maureen but just don’t know how to handle her.Code is exposing himself as the one with low self-esteem and an identity crisis – check his pathetic American accent and act.Frankly, gossip guy is proving to be a real wanker.Now Max and Kwaku are the men! For real.These two are rocking the house in the romance department.Lerato is clearly smitten with the Zambian who she calls ‘baby’.She was all over him on Tuesday night, tenderly tending to his nasty razor rash.As for Kwaku, the brother is just oozing machismo and is too hot for the ladies to control themselves.If it’s not Lerato cuddling next to him, it’s Bertha attending to his sprained foot, or Tatiana teasing the Ghanaian and, of course, Meryl! It seems the sexy man of few words has also charmed thousands of female viewers.The love is pouring in from across the continent: ‘BB give me Kwaku’s cellphone number’, ‘I am married but I love Kwaku’, ‘Kwaku will you marry me?’, ‘Kwaku are fine-O, ‘Kwaku ur so hooottt!’ The brother takes it in his stride with an arrogant smile and a twinkle in his sexy eyes.Richard the married guy seems to be the housemate most comfortable in his skin.From cross-dressing to cracking a crazy laugh, fast speech, speaking his mind on anything and eating rice with his fingers.He’s proving to be the most endearing character.And I have to hand it to the dreadlocked Tanzanian, he’s a revelation in his designer jeans, long-sleeved tight black shirt, a neck pendant and trendy sneakers.Can someone tell Bertha to stop imposing her holier-than-thou attitude on others? I see her playing the game very tactically, but must cease the preaching.Nobody likes a Goody-Two-Shoes or a Miss Know-It-All! Jeff and Justice are still dark horses to me.The Kenyan muscleman seems to pull disappearing acts most of the time, while the short guy from Botswana is kind of emotional but can be entertaining.Well whatever your flavour, the show must go on!True colours are slowly being nailed to the mast and it’s proving an eye-opener how some people, like my man Richard, are opening up.Resident hoochie mama, South Africa’s Lerato, seems to have been freaked out by Ofunneka’s ‘black’ soap and doll, which she implied were voodoo talismans or some such.On Tuesday, the voodoo talk continued late into the night with Lerato, Meryl and Richard sitting in the lounge gossiping about Ofunneka’s Sunday talent act – in which she did a Nigerian tribal dance and blew some powder into the air.Richard said the dance spooked him and Meryl confided she was scared of Ofunneka and her antics.Lerato then dragged Richard into the girl’s room from where he rapidly retreated after seeing ‘the doll’ – which was not shown to viewers.”Would you give such a doll to your child?” Lerato asked Richard, with a sneer on her face.”Of course not.Unless if I want my child to die of depression,” Richard responded much to the amusement of Lerato and Meryl. They then turned to Ofunneka’s coughing, her inability to sleep and seemed to try and make her out to be some kind of fetish priestess.Meryl stated as a fact that since entering the house (some 10 nights ago), Ofunneka had not slept a wink and had never spent a night in the girls’ room.She even said that while she was treating BBA2 as a game, some people seemed to be taking it very seriously, and would do ‘anything’ to win! As the rumourmongers carried on with unfounded claims, Ofunneka was busy outside the house, braving the cold to complete a task.Messages from viewers came in fast and furious, with South Africans calling for Ofunneka to be evicted while the Nigerians supported their girl and gave explanations about the so-called black soap.There seems to be serious beef between South Africans and Nigerian viewers! You gotta love reality TV, it can bring out the worst in all of us. I think Lerato and Meryl are just paranoid.I blame their ignorance and warped way of thinking on the many Nigerian films that dwell on witchcraft and Satanism.These addictive African movies have made people believe that most Nigerians dabble in scary black magic.That said, Ofunneka comes across as an intelligent, quiet Christian woman, who has strong moral values by which she lives.These qualities can intimidate, and can make one an easy target for jealousy and any kind of criticism.But for now, the queen of gossip has to be Malawi’s Code.The brother sure can run his mouth on issues that he clearly knows nothing about.And who made him an expert on women? He goes around backstabbing and saying nasty things about Maureen, whom he alleges has the hots for him.Code claims he has ‘no emotional attachment’ to women and wants to portray himself like he’s all tough and untouchable.PUUUUUHLEEEZ! Man, get a life and be a man and face up to the fact that we can all see that you actually admire the beautiful Maureen but just don’t know how to handle her.Code is exposing himself as the one with low self-esteem and an identity crisis – check his pathetic American accent and act.Frankly, gossip guy is proving to be a real wanker.Now Max and Kwaku are the men! For real.These two are rocking the house in th
e romance department.Lerato is clearly smitten with the Zambian who she calls ‘baby’.She was all over him on Tuesday night, tenderly tending to his nasty razor rash.As for Kwaku, the brother is just oozing machismo and is too hot for the ladies to control themselves.If it’s not Lerato cuddling next to him, it’s Bertha attending to his sprained foot, or Tatiana teasing the Ghanaian and, of course, Meryl! It seems the sexy man of few words has also charmed thousands of female viewers.The love is pouring in from across the continent: ‘BB give me Kwaku’s cellphone number’, ‘I am married but I love Kwaku’, ‘Kwaku will you marry me?’, ‘Kwaku are fine-O, ‘Kwaku ur so hooottt!’ The brother takes it in his stride with an arrogant smile and a twinkle in his sexy eyes.Richard the married guy seems to be the housemate most comfortable in his skin.From cross-dressing to cracking a crazy laugh, fast speech, speaking his mind on anything and eating rice with his fingers.He’s proving to be the most endearing character.And I have to hand it to the dreadlocked Tanzanian, he’s a revelation in his designer jeans, long-sleeved tight black shirt, a neck pendant and trendy sneakers.Can someone tell Bertha to stop imposing her holier-than-thou attitude on others? I see her playing the game very tactically, but must cease the preaching.Nobody likes a Goody-Two-Shoes or a Miss Know-It-All! Jeff and Justice are still dark horses to me.The Kenyan muscleman seems to pull disappearing acts most of the time, while the short guy from Botswana is kind of emotional but can be entertaining.Well whatever your flavour, the show must go on!