By Kemi Olunloyo Is Brilliant But Stupid –Seyi Law
“Some people are brilliant but they take their stupidity to an extent that they ruin themselves along the line. Brilliance without caution would make you become foolish.”
Those were the words of popular comedian, Seyi Law as he finally reacted to bashes from controversial social media sensation, Kemi Oluloyo who called his daughter, Tiwa an obese child.
Kemi Olunloyo had initially taken to her Instagram account where she posted “Seyi laws baby is fat, childhood Obesity is growing in Nigeria, though Seyi’s daughter takes his puffy face features, clearly she is overweight and her feeding schedule has to be guarded. I’m a US trained clinical pharmacist and a white house award winning health educator. This can lead to poor self-esteem and depression when they get teased by their class mates.”
This got her the ire of many who attacked her for using such words on a baby but the man at the centre of it all kept mum.
However Seyi Law has now reacted to the statement saying although he has no issue with the statement of Kemi Olunloyo but rather the approach she took in giving her piece of advice. He also revealed that since Kemi claims to be a US citizen, he could decide to sue her there since his daughter is also a citizen.
In an interview with Ademola Olonilua of Punch he said,
“I don’t have any grudge against Kemi Olunloyo. The truth is that I see a lot of brilliance in her but it is just that her way of doing things without having ethical values is what makes people get pissed at her. If she had initially written something like I saw Seyi Law’s daughter’s picture and I think he should watch the weight of his baby so that she doesn’t become obese, that would have been better because it is a piece of advice. It is a better approach and not calling my baby obese without having the necessary precautions like taking the baby’s weight, height, eating routine and other things. If she had done all these things before coming to the conclusion that my baby is obese, that would have been medically fine. If we were in the US or UK; providing a baby’s medical report on social media without the approval of the parents, I know what it entails and the amounts she would pay as fine. The cyberspace is not limited to a country, it is worldwide. She claims to be a citizen of the US and my child is a US citizen. I could decide to sue her in the US and she would pay out of her nose. She could even be the one to pay the money that would send my child to school. Some people are brilliant but they take their stupidity to an extent that they ruin themselves along the line. Brilliance without caution would make you become foolish. This woman can be very good sometimes with some of her reports and she could be blunt at other times with her write-up and we appreciate that but when you operate as a person, you need to be careful with your choice of words. If you want to be blunt, it has to be with evidence. You don’t just say you are blunt by writing falsehood and that is where she has a problem.”
