The actress, who became the villain of the season, was heavily criticized for some of her actions which fans and fellow cast members of the show called “harassment.”
“I need to explain some things. I need to clear things up a little bit,” the actress said during an Instagram live streaming session on Tuesday. “It’s not scripted, but they edit it in a way to create drama.”
She said the viral incident where she stepped on Faith Morey’s dress was all for the show. She also added that she apologized to Morey for the action at the time. She insisted that most of the scenes where she was cold to Morey were part of “putting on a show”.
“When I signed on for The Real Housewives season 1, we were told a lot of things at that time that we should do and shouldn’t do. Because I was new to this and still had to figure it out , I just went on the show to obey and do what I was asked to do,” she explained.
She also clarified that the show is not entirely scripted, but it is also not entirely based in reality.
“The show is not scripted. But we are given certain instructions and it is edited in a way to suit certain stories. And certain stories are given to us to act out,” she said.
Throughout this season, controversies over whether some women on the show’s attitudes toward other cast members are real have led some of them to make public statements to insist that the The show is not entirely based on reality. They argue that it was edited to suit certain stories, with much of the events cut from the show.
“Own up for your rude and vulgar behavior,” Morey posted on Instagram about Ojo at the start of the show in October. “You never loved me from the first day you met me and you never stopped showing it to me… I never did anything against you and you never apologized once only time for anything or you never saw how much you mistreated me! You never gave me a chance! You wanted to be close to anyone who hated me because you’re nothing but “A shameless bully! I wish the producers would have shown everything in its entirety! Even the edits were in your favor, but your malicious behavior couldn’t escape the edits! Stop downplaying the show,” added Morey.
On Monday, Ojo apologized on Instagram, saying: “In the midst of this drama, I may have offended some people and displayed behaviors that are true traits of bullying. For this, I apologize to everyone that I offended.”
During the Instagram livestream session on Tuesday, she added, “There can’t be Real Housewives without drama. It’s impossible.”
“The show told me that in the first season my ratings were low. My ratings were low because I didn’t create drama. And I said, ‘Okay, this year I “I’m going to create drama. So there’s no chance in my real life that I’m going to wake up one morning and step on someone’s dress and say I want to create drama,” she said. declared.
Ojo also said that she had to respond again because of Toyin Lawani’s post, where she insisted that the show was not scripted. “At this rate the show is losing credibility as an authentic reality show…I will not participate in this farce,” she said on Instagram. “You mean I left my various businesses, my children, my family, with my fragile health to go film a hypocritical show?”
Ojo also addressed the “harassment” accusations, particularly the scene where she said during her storytelling session, “If I don’t like her [Laura Ikeji], then I can harass her,” saying that ” has been misinterpreted.
“And about the bullying part. In the bullying part they said Laura said I was a bully and I was already upset with Laura. That was misinterpreted and that’s why I apologized to the viewers,” she explained.
Ojo also posted another video showing all the women in a swimming pool as proof that the cast maintains cordial relations. Tania Omotayo reacted to the post saying it was cut because it was not “negative”.