Hmmmmm just saw this story on Dailymail, so I decided to blog it first before my competitors....lol. Simply put if this story in for real, then it is a true example of the fake lives of many of our today celebrities.
According
to the website, within the glitzy world of reality
television a certain amount of dramatization and even outright fakery is
accepted as a way of creating the moments of entertainment gold that draw in
millions of viewers.
But
Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore is pushing the boundaries to the
very limit.
What
makes this story interesting for we Nigerians is the fact that our
very own D'banj is included somewhere in her fake fake life.
The
former Miss USA has been bombarded by claims from co-stars that her story that
she's been swept off her feet by an 'African Prince' - who has never been seen
- is fake.
And
Walter Jackson, who claims he was asked by Kenya to pretend to be her 'love
interest' in her first season of the show, told MailOnline he believes her
latest relationship is a fauxmance too.
Kenya
also faces claims she actually has very little money, despite driving around in
a white Range Rover and boasting of driving a $220,000 white Bentley and at one
stage living in a huge mansion.
And
to top it all off, Jackson added that he thinks she doesn't even live in
Atlanta anymore.
MailOnline
has learned that the closest anyone has got to guessing the identity of Kenya's
mystery man is that he is Nigerian pop star D'Banj - real name Dapo Daniel
Oyebanjo.
Kenya
has been accused of drawing up an agreement to pay him up to $40,000 to pose as
her boyfriend and provide her with an interesting storyline for the upcoming
reunion show.
And
Jackson has told MailOnline he would not be at all surprised if she had
recruited D'Banj - because that is exactly what she did with him.
Jackson
briefly dated Kenya three years ago, before they went their separate ways. But
when she decided she wanted to land a slot on RHOA in 2012 she got back in
touch with him and asked him to pose as her on screen boyfriend.
He
agreed and got a first-hand look at what he claims is her made-up, on screen
fantasy world. The charade blew up when he found out on camera she was telling
her castmates he was going to propose and she planned to have his babies.
'Kenya's
a great actress, you have to give her that', Walter said, speaking from his car
towing business in Lithornia, east of Atlanta, Georgia.
'She's
very good entertainment and the viewers want to tune in and watch what she’s
going to do or say next, but nothing you see is real, I mean come on, does
anyone actually believe what she says anymore?
'It’s
been almost two years on the show now, people must know what she’s like.
'She
talks about an African boyfriend, but nobody on the set or in the cast says
they have ever seen him. I am still close friends with a lot of the stars on the
show and it has become a bit of a joke, no one believes he is actually real.
'She
has started talking about getting a sperm donor so she can have a baby. If she
had a boyfriend, would she need a sperm donor?'
On
an episode earlier this season cameras followed Kenya to an ob/gyn appointment
where she had her hormone levels checked for fertility and was filmed perusing
a catalogue of sperm donors for purchase.
Kenya,
43 and D’Banj, 33, have laughed off the suggestion they came to a financial
arrangement. Kenya tweeted last month, ‘Hey @iamdbanj I would have paid u at
least $40,000.99! Lol these ppl are so crazy.’
He
replied: ‘C'mon baby,u know it won't cost you a thing,I'm from a land flowing
with Oil and honey and u are an angel I would do gladly do it FOC lol!!!.’
There
is no doubt the pair do know each other. They were pictured together at a
Nigerian Town Hall Meeting, held by the All Nigerian Nationals in Diaspora
(ANNID), in Houston Texas last March.
Kenya
was in the city for an episode of Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live and
D’Banj was performing in concert.
On
the night she posted a picture of the two of them on Instagram captioned, ‘My
African Prince #Dbanj.’ Then in June she tweeted that she was in Lagos to host
his birthday party.
And
last month it was reported that she flew to Nigeria to visit the star – who has
had a UK top ten chart hit – over the Valentine’s Day weekend.
While
she refused to name D’Banj, she spoke about her new man on the Wendy Williams
show in January.
She
said: 'I’m not dating a prince; I call him my African prince. He’s very
successful and he runs a multi-billion dollar company.’
Kenya
showed off her new Bentley for the show and claimed it was a gift from her new
mystery beau.
Co-star
Phaedra Parks referred to the car as a 'rently' on a recent episode while
rolling her eyes at Kenya's car.
While
he may not be quite that rich, D’Banj is a huge star in his home country, where
is renowned as a legendary womanizer.
His
nickname is the Koko master, which is Nigerian slang for someone who has a
harem of woman and he has even brought out his own range of condoms.
There
was talk he would make an appearance in the upcoming RHOA reunion show, but
sources at Bravo have revealed this is highly unlikely.
And
as far as Walter is concerned, the fact they know each other definitely doesn't
prove they are in a relationship.
He
said: 'We did used to date about three years ago. We met at an All Star game
and went out a few times, but that was it. After that we stayed in touch on the
phone and texted a bit, but we didn't see each other again.
'She
lived in LA, not Atlanta at that time. She used to stay at her aunt’s place in
Lithornia, but she never actually lived in Georgia as far as I know. Then a
couple of years ago I got a call from her saying she wanted to move over here
and get on the show.
‘I
guess there must have been a few other people being considered for the part,
because she knew she needed to make herself more interesting and she felt being
in a relationship with me would help with that.
'She
asked me if I would be on the show and pretend to be her boyfriend. I thought
about it for a bit and then decided that I might as well have my 15 minutes of
fame.
‘Kenya
told everyone she had moved to Atlanta to be with me. It was nothing to do with
me really, she moved to Atlanta to be on the show and relaunch her career.’
The
pair went to star in the series, with their relationship providing one of the
major story lines last season.
Walter
said: 'I thought I sucked, because I couldn't give them what they wanted. It
was easy in one sense because they would call me up, tell me to be somewhere
and then we would only film for a couple of hours at a time.
‘But
in another way it was difficult because Kenya would throw in stuff I wasn't
expecting and I didn't know how to react.
'She'd
start asking me "when are we going to get married" and I would be
like "wow, I didn't know that was coming!'"
The
couple 'split' at the end of 2012 and Walter left the show. But despite his
insistence and a number of comments from other cast members, saying the whole
thing was fake, Kenya still insists they were really a couple.
Speaking
in December 2012, she said: ‘The truth is and has always been that I want to be
in a loving, honest, long-term relationship with someone who genuinely loves me
for me — Walter’s recent statements are completely false. I am embarrassed that
I allowed a deceitful and hateful person in my life.’
But
according to Walter, she reacted like that because Kenya knows just how
important it is to keep up the pretence and stay on the show. It has been
reported she pocketed around $370,000 for her fist series, with rumors she may
get almost double that next season.
A
year-and-a-half ago celebrity websites estimated her worth to be $1.5m, but now
they speculate that it is more like $600,000.
Despite
that and a number of minor roles in films, including, ‘Waiting to Exhale and
‘Senseless’, Walter does not think she has much money.
Her
company Moore Vision Media has been attributed with a couple of projects,
including her recent boot camp workout video, but Walter says he hasn’t seen
any evidence that it is hugely profitable.
He
said: 'She needs this show, it pays her well and as far as I ever saw she
hasn't got much money without it.
'She
says she runs a production company, but I didn’t see any evidence that it makes
money. I used to go and stay with her out in LA. Her place was OK, but she is
nothing like the image she tries to give off on television.
'She
is not glamorous and she is not rich. I didn't ever see her buy anything. I
know she owns a Range Rover, but I am sure that Bentley is rented. She probably
gets it from the dealership for free in return for advertising.
‘She
hasn’t ever owned a house in Atlanta as far as I am concerned.’
In
the last series of the show Kenya lived in a huge mansion in an affluent suburb
to the north of the city.
The
luxurious home was described as her house, but it transpired she was renting
the property for $3,999-a-month.
But
after being accused of falling behind with the payments – by the relatively
modest sum of just over $800 - she was served with an eviction notice and ended
up in a court dispute with the landlady.
Apparently
Kenya had been a nightmare neighbor and it was reported other residents on the
upmarket street feared her presence would lead to a drop in house prices.
The
explosive row featured on an episode of RHOA. In an on air rant Kenya blasted:
‘I had 'til 5 p.m. to leave that home. ‘She [Conya] decides to show up at 3
o'clock to humiliate me so she can sell yet another story to the blog
magazines.’
She
continued: ‘Are you serious? ‘You picked up your phone and took your finger and
dialed 911? You're crazy. Clearly you are trying way too hard sweetheart 'cause
I'm fabulous and no matter what you do, I will twirl on out of here and pass
you and your army of stupid friends and pass the police. Now twirl on that.’
The
court case was eventually dismissed after Kenya agreed to pay the cash
shortfall, but not before she tried to sue landlady Conya Weems-Dillon for
damages.
Walter
says he was actually subpoenaed to appear as a witness for Mrs Weems-Dillon. He
explained: ‘I was called to court because Kenya was trying to sue this woman
for portraying her as someone who lived a fake lifestyle.
‘I
was asked a couple of questions about our relationship, I admitted it was fake
and that was it.’
After
being left homeless she moved into a four-star hotel in the city to complete
filming. Then on one of the episodes her financial stability was again called
into question this time by co-star and rival NeNe Leakes.
Writing
on her blog NeNe said: ‘I’m not Kenya’s friend, but I am trying to get to know
her, so I wanted to reach out to her to help her with looking for a home,
because Atlanta is my city.
‘I
took Kenya to one of the finest, most exclusive penthouses in Atlanta, but I
know when a girl can’t afford something, so I joked and we exited the building
because I clearly had taken her out of her price range!’
Kenya,
who has now moved into a new house in Atlanta, hit back, writing: ‘I can call
foul and say NeNe was throwing shade about my living arrangements… No one
should try to count my money, especially when one has never owned a home of
their own.’
But
Walter backed up his friend NeNe’s comments, saying: ‘I mean everything about
her is fake in my opinion. She doesn't even live in Atlanta. As far as I know
she flies in for filming then flies back out to LA.
'All
the rest of the cast go out together and are known In Atlanta. She never goes
out in the city. I'm out all the time and I never see her.
'I'm
not a hater, I think she is a great actress and great entertainment, but people
need to open their eyes a bit if they think what they see from her is reality.'
Last
night D’Banj did not respond to emails from MailOnline and Bravo had not come
back with an official comment.
Kenya posted this image of her ticket to Nigeria on February 13 on Instagram
Walter JacksonKenya has boasted that her African Prince has bought her the Bentley (above) as a gift but co-star Phaedra Parks and Walter say that her flash new car can't be owned by Kenya
Kenya was evicted from this $4,000-a-month mansion in Atlanta over $800 unpaid rent
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