BEVERLY HILLS, March 29, (THEWILL) – Nigerian singing star, Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua, better known as Shayi Shay, has come under severe criticism on Twitter for her harsh criticism of a young singer during this year’s audition of the Nigerian Idol, a television reality show.
Seyi Shay was one of the judges on the reality television show on Sunday.
She had told the competitor, “Somebody lied to you and told you to come and audition, and that person, you should go back and tell them they’re not your friends because that was not good audition.
“Oh, you have a good talking voice, and it comes out in your singing voice, but your performance, terrible. You’re never going to make money being a singer.”
The singer, who stated that he was nervous, walked out dejected after the verdict of Shayi Shay.
Reacting, some followers of the show took to the micro-blogging platform berating Shayi Shay.
@endi4tim wrote: “Such comments in some cases can lead to suicide. She shattered his hope. Seyi Shay should be removed as a judge from #NigeriaIdol.”
@Elvis_Vitalis1 wrote: “Seyi Shay’s choice of words are actually worse than that boy’s performance.”
@realpault tweeted: “How I wish that the young man will become successful and the video of Seyi Shay spewing nonsense on him will resurface. It will happen.”
@jaiyeoflagos wrote: “It speaks of who Seyi Shay is, in no manner should she utter words of that magnitude to the boy. Some individuals don’t know communication skills and this is on whoever brought her on board.”
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