Rapper Itz Tiffany has been making the news, again, after the release of some videos which does not portray her in a very flattering light.

It turns out they were shot by her ex-husband, an ex-con whose list of offences is quite lengthy. Tiffany’s initial response wasn’t particularly sensible, a tweet attempting to brush the whole thing off whilst saying “she wasn’t new to it”.

I assume her PR people have sat her down and drilled some sense into her, and the following statement must be the fruit of that. She shows some remorse this time, pleading with the public to desist from sharing the videos which perpetuates her shame.

She maintains it’s an attempt by her estranged ex to tarnish her reputation whilst saying the only mistake she made was to trust a man she thought she loved and got married to.

This statement comes off much better and is a good attempt at damage control, but most people’s perception of Itz-Tiffany are pretty engrained; and her initial response as well as her behaviour in the videos do not do much to change people’s estimation of her.

Below is the statement in full…

The past few days have been very difficult for me as a person and a musician. Very private and personal videos of mine were wickedly, illegally and immorally circulated on various social media platforms. It is unfortunate that a man I once loved, trusted, shared my life with, and who is the father of my only child is on a path of destruction and is waging a campaign to tarnish my image and damage my person.

Three videos of mine were circulated by my estranged ex-husband. Regrettably, a third video of extremely explicit nature has also been attributed to me when I had absolutely nothing to with the video. I would like to state without equivocation that I am not the lady in that particular video.

With that clarification made, let me address the unfortunate release of those two videos which were recorded about six years ago. I unreservedly apologise to all those whose sensibilities were rightly hurt by those videos. I would like to submit that I played no part in the release of those videos.

The only thing wrong was to trust a man I thought I loved and married. I thoroughly understand why he would want to hurt me even if I disagree with his methods. I have been involved in a long and bitter battle of custody of my son with my ex-husband for several years after our 7-year-old relationship broke down irretrievably. We had been married for four years – a period when I suffered untold abuses from him.

Although he won custody of the child by concocting lies, this man appear to be satisfied. He has tormented me persistently, constantly asking for a share of the money I make from music. He turned my innocent and naïve son against me – he made my son send me voice notes denouncing me as his mother!

He had threatened to release those personal videos to bring me down but it was a mere bluff because I did not believe that any decent person would do that. I was wrong.

All I ask is your prayers and your understanding as I deal with this unfortunate episode. I plead with you to, for the sake of humanity, stop sharing the videos. That is the best you can do for me. I pray that the good Lord will forgive him for his ungodly ways. I also beg for privacy in these difficult moments of my life.

Thank you,

Itz Tiffany