Debbie Rise was the last girl standing at the previous Nigerian Idols
television show. In a chat with Saturday Beats, the songstress said that
ever since the show ended it has not been a bed of roses for her. The
up and coming singer said she would not forget in a hurry how a jealous
lover smashed the windscreen of the car she won at the reality
television show.
“After having a minor accident with the new car I won from the show, a
jealous lover smashed the windscreen so badly and as a result it was a
whole new type of challenge, trying to get it fixed, bringing the person
to book... but I overcame.”
She also said that some
friends had been breathing down her neck saying she doesn’t care about
them anymore after all the money they spent voting for her while on the
Nigerian Idol show.
“I tried to act the same, maintain my old
phone numbers of about eight years, tried to keep in touch with all my
friends even though it was honestly difficult to keep up. I kept getting
Watsapp, sms, Facebook and all kinds of messages from some particular
friends with words like ‘what are you feeling like? Is it because you
are now a superstar or what?’ Some would even say ‘Debie, you have
changed, you can’t even call me after all the money I spent voting for
you.’
"It really got to me then and I used all my time and resources
to try and make all of them see reasons and all, but then they just
didn’t stop, so I decided to do my best and leave the rest. But I want
to use this opportunity to tell them that I didn’t change one bit, but
someday, they will understand. That was one challenge I had also. The
important thing is not the gravity of the challenge but how to come out
strong, and I must say, I am wiser, stronger and better,” she added.
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