[Gist]: Iyanya Reveals Why He Would Never Date Another Celebrity After Yvonne Nelson

In a recent interview with Punch , Iyanya
speaks about his kind of woman, Yvonne
Nelson and his social media
presence….

•What kind of woman do you want to settle
down with?

A good woman is a good woman. You can’t
just sit and say this is the kind of woman I
want. Some people think the best place to
get a girl is in the church; meanwhile, you
can get the wrong girl in the right place.
Sometimes, I am worried about getting the
right woman to marry because of my
status. I have had one or two women come
into my life and act like they are
something. The safest thing to do is marry
someone you have known before you
became a star.

• After Yvonne Nelson, would you date a
celebrity in the future?

Yvonne Nelson is an amazing person, but I
would never ever in my life date or have
anything to do with a female star. I am not
cut out for that kind of drama.

•A lot of people think that fame has altered
your personality. Is this true?

People have the right to believe whatever
they want to. There is nobody in this world
that would attain this level of success and
fame, and remain the same. My life has
changed and I am not going to tell you
otherwise. I am not Iyanya of eight years
ago; I am more exposed and have more
fans. You can’t compare the pressure that
was on me in 2008 to the pressure on me
now. For me to even have this level of
sanity, I believe it is God’s grace and
people should pray and support me instead
of saying I have changed. You see me
wearing nice suits but if I give a fan my
life to live for a week, not everybody will
agree to continue after a few days.

•Why do you think so?

There is a lot of money but it comes with a
lot of pressure. Imagine waking up to
people being rude to you on social media.
You wake up to curses because you tweeted
that God just blessed you with a car, for
instance.
But you show off on social media…
Sincerely, I don’t show off. Anybody that
thinks I show off is suffering from
inferiority complex. The only people that
think I show off are those people that think
they could be me or people who wish they
could be close to me but can’t be. Maybe
they like me too much and don’t want to
agree they like me that much. These same
people spend hours admiring the posts I
put up.

•What is the reason for putting up some of
those pictures on Instagram and Twitter?

That is what social media is for. It is only
in Nigeria that people have a problem with
you posting pictures. While you are
complaining that I am posting too many
pictures, a true fan is admiring same and
considers me as a mentor. Believe me, a lot
of people think they know me, but they
don’t.