{"id":1016,"date":"2022-12-27T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2022-12-27T21:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:04:00","slug":"bbnaija-relationships-are-a-big-scam-i-was-with-ike-for-the-money-mercy-eke-spills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1016","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBBNaija relationships are a big scam. I was with Ike for the money\u201d \u2013 Mercy Eke spills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEikIT8jEu76Ftf0Mg5h734n7jD6CXCK6QXUJTxug8pTAvp_OzqbXAMR1IEGPZF_TKFWCrAvlqGx3spK9YaskuYwop1gwhP9FHLPefacojQCKG2Tb95eb42cTcZUNr63KxFm3Z6fd8WHWRad-wFjE8f5jji1t7DLqvSlTNds_2-fRJbVoDIlSNJh6y8x\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"375\" data-original-width=\"750\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEikIT8jEu76Ftf0Mg5h734n7jD6CXCK6QXUJTxug8pTAvp_OzqbXAMR1IEGPZF_TKFWCrAvlqGx3spK9YaskuYwop1gwhP9FHLPefacojQCKG2Tb95eb42cTcZUNr63KxFm3Z6fd8WHWRad-wFjE8f5jji1t7DLqvSlTNds_2-fRJbVoDIlSNJh6y8x\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\">Big Brother Naija season 4 winner,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/tag\/mercy-eke\/\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #174e96; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Mercy Eke<\/span><\/a>, has opined that relationships produced from the reality TV show are a big scam.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\">She stated this in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, while revisiting her failed relationship with her co-star, Ike Onyema.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\">Recall that the couple, who met during the BBNaija 2019 edition, started dating on the show and continued till the show ended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mercy Eke spills\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-775461 lazy-loaded\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/111207521_769107793926221_3093620069774205357_n-1-975x1024.jpg\" data-srcset=\"\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/111207521_769107793926221_3093620069774205357_n-1-975x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/111207521_769107793926221_3093620069774205357_n-1-975x1024.jpg 975w, https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/111207521_769107793926221_3093620069774205357_n-1-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/111207521_769107793926221_3093620069774205357_n-1-768x806.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/111207521_769107793926221_3093620069774205357_n-1-750x788.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/111207521_769107793926221_3093620069774205357_n-1.jpg 1080w\" style=\"border: 0px; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 750px;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\">They even had a reality TV show called \u201cMercy &amp; Eke\u201d where they documented their love life and marriage plans. Sadly, their relationship hit the rocks in 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\">Speaking in the recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yabaleftonline\" style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #174e96; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">interview<\/a>, Mercy Eke said she stayed with Ike because of the money involved otherwise she would have dumped him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\">According to Mercy, she genuinely liked Ike at first but at some point, their relationship became performative and was majorly for the camera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-775458 lazy-loaded\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/320930302_525167092980540_2413388817861494071_n-819x1024.jpg\" data-srcset=\"\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/320930302_525167092980540_2413388817861494071_n-819x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/320930302_525167092980540_2413388817861494071_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/320930302_525167092980540_2413388817861494071_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/320930302_525167092980540_2413388817861494071_n-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/320930302_525167092980540_2413388817861494071_n-750x938.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.yabaleftonline.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/320930302_525167092980540_2413388817861494071_n.jpg 1080w\" style=\"border: 0px; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 750px;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\">She said if she knew that she was a strong housemate during the show, she wouldn\u2019t have dated Ike because their relationship was not working.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\">Her words,<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u201cBBNaija relationships are the biggest scam, it was even original for me initially, as a matter of fact, if I had known that I was a strong housemate and that people loved me for me, I wouldn\u2019t have bothered getting involved with him.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Droid Serif&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">I wouldn\u2019t say it was a strategy, for me, we flowed with it but we had to put up a show even when not happy for people who aren\u2019t even in relationships. 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