• Pat Attah, a renowned Nollywood actor, has slammed a N500M lawsuit against Lagos TV channel TVC.
• His outrage stems from a recent episode of TVC’s E-splash, where hosts Honeypot, Jaypaul, and Cassey Bashua Alimi criticized him over comments from a viral interview he gave last year.
• Attah’s previous interview with Genevieve Nnaji hinted at a close romantic connection.
• The hosts’ comments, which were harsh, criticized Attah’s admission of a past romance.
Pat Attah claims that presenters Honeypot, Jaypaul, and Cassey Bashua Alimi misinterpreted his comments from a prior interview in which he mentioned his past connection with Genevieve Nnaji.
Pat Attah, a Nollywood veteran, has launched a heated legal fight against Lagos TV station TVC.
His indignation arises from a spectacular episode of TVC’s entertainment program E-splash, in which presenters Honeypot, Jaypaul, and Cassey Bashua Alimi slammed him for statements from a viral interview he did last year.
In an August 2023 interview, Attah was questioned about his previous relationship with Genevieve Nnaji. His statement suggested a tight romantic relationship between them.
After many months, the actor came upon an old episode of TVC’s entertainment program E-splash, in which the hosts—Honeypot, Jaypaul from BBNaija, and Cassey Bashua Alimi—discussed Attah’s interview.
Their caustic words reacted negatively to his disclosure of a former relationship.
“JAYPAUL (MR FLAMEZ) – “So you know what vibes this gives me? It gives me the vibe of you know when you are talking to your uncles or older uncles, aunties. So I used to do this, I used to do that”, you know they have, there’s no reason, there’s no shalaye, they actually…”
“it’s like saying, I used to be an actor and I used to date, so so so and so person meanwhile we didn’t ask for that, if it was private, then it should remain private”
“if he was that important to her and they had a good time together somewhere along the line, she would mention it.”
“OLAYEMI OGUNWOLE (HONEYPOT) – “The reason why I asked that question is because in everything we do in this life, I think that we should avoid that urge to “shalaye” and the reason I’m saying that is that if they are asking you about relationships in Nollywood, which one is bringing your past into the present so that we can know that you dated Genevieve, it’s of no use, why? Why? So I don’t like people who talk too much, I don’t like people who give information that are not meant to be given. So when he has said that ah he dated Genevieve oh, has he added some money to his account or they will say “oh in your status or your bio you are going to put it there and add to it that I dated Genevieve before or something. There are things I think are not just necessary. Yeah you have dated the person, so now what?”
– “…yes it looks like he does not have anything really going on for him, he’s just looking for, how can I create something around me which I don’t understand.”
“CASSEY BASHUA ALIMI – “he is in Germany now, by the way where he is into photography. The interviewer asked him about relationships in Nollywood, how Nollywood has progressed and if he was in any present relationship and then that was when he made the revelation talking about the fact that back then there was no social media, so all of these things that are happening on social media now, the “unfollow” “you unfollow” the … broken up and everything, it wasn’t there. People were not monitoring
– “But at the end of the day, he was just using it as an example and blowing his trumpet, yes. It is just like being asked about relationships and which of your on-screen sweethearts would you have loved to date, and that kind of thing, then you will now say but we dated.”
– “he might be giving people content, you know there are people that do all this “5 people Genevieve has dated and now he has entered the gist, so I am happy for him.”
– “she would have been mentioning his name over the years”
