There are many ships that come out of the Big Brother Naija house. And with these ships often comes drama. We have messy breakups, public fallouts, leaked conversations, and subliminals flying all over the place. The BBN housemates keep the drama going even when the cameras are off, and the latest entry is Sheggz and Bella of BBN Season 7 (Level Up), whose highly publicized relationship ended in January of this year and has kept escalating to public accusations and legal battles.
So, what led to the downfall of the SheLLa ship (aside from the unfortunate nickname, of course)?
The two former lovebirds first met each other in the Big Brother House and got close, forming an in-house relationship which some viewers loved, but others quickly saw the red flags. There were moments when he was verbally abusive to her, and he also threatened to break up with her a thousand times. He consistently hung marriage over her head and made her feel small, taking all their issues to other housemates when there was trouble in paradise (if you could even call the relationship paradise). If you don’t believe it, take this Twitter thread documenting their relationship in the house and make your judgment.
Sometime last week, Sheggz took to Instagram to announce an end to their relationship in January of this year. His statement was diplomatic and amicable, so of course you know something was about to go down. He claimed that he was coming to the public with the news because he had heard false stories about himself that he needed to put to rest.
Bella soon released her own statement about the relationship. In it, she talked about how she had defended the relationship because she believed in it and how she had given Sheggz multiple chances during their time together.
It’s important to note that Bella had been seen flaunting an engagement ring a while ago, so the relationship seemed to be progressing towards marriage before this happened.
You could argue that shit hit the fan earlier on, but that was nothing compared to what came next. First, Bella’s sister commented on an old Instagram post from Sheggz where he was with Bella, asking him to delete it. That comment was like the opening of Pandora’s box because after that, WhatsApp texts between the couple were leaked and things were not looking good. For Sheggz, that is.
The texts revealed Sheggz was a man full of talk. He poured his heart out to Bella, asking her to come back after a breakup, saying that he missed hearing her sing Igbo songs around the house. I mean, he could have just put on some Chioma Jesus if it was that serious.
He also laid out a plan for their future, describing elaborate plans for their engagement, claiming that the buzz around them getting married would make Bella the first Nigerian influencer to break America—does Jackie Aina know about that? Bella called him a liar and said he’d been ring shopping for a while now with no headway (he might have been in the diamond mines just for her; she should hear him out).
Like that wasn’t enough, Bella’s mother also weighed in, saying that no man will string her daughter along without consequences, and honestly? I live.
Aside from the failed promises, the chats also revealed all the times Sheggz borrowed money from Bella in very “interesting” situations, and when she asked for her money back, he refused and called her names. Chats between Bella and Sheggz’ mother also revealed that he owed Bella 11 million naira. To add more shit to the fan, abuse allegations came into the mix, with the leaked chats showing pictures of Bella with a swollen face.
Sheggz, instead of addressing the allegations, posted pictures of himself flaunting a Rolex and a business class flight because the broke boy allegations meant more to him than the abuse ones.
The leaked chats weren’t the end of this debacle because Sheggz’s lawyers issued a cease and desist and a defamation notice, claiming that Bella’s statements were damaging his reputation—like his BBN run hadn’t done that job already.
Bella’s lawyers quickly clapped back, saying that Bella was just expressing her emotions and that Sheggz was owing her money totaling over £10,166 and ₦19.8 million, and their relationship involved an alleged “breach of promise to marry.” They also added that one of Sheggz’s lawyers was contacting Bella at odd hours. If you ask me, I think that was Sheggz trying to make peace, but what do I know?
This is the most recent point of the debacle and hopefully, we get some more updates when they go to court but we know that these things rarely ever move beyond putting out statements on social media. It’s truly the law firms that are winning.
This story will continue to update as more details emerge.
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