Clash of the Titans: When Celebs Clash, Who is the Winner?

Celebs have stirred controversy with their opinions on public matters. However, it’s totally a different story when celebs clash leaving fans to ‘spectate’. However, when celebrities clash, is it okay to declare winners and losers, or is that just too much mean-spirited fun for mere mortals to have? This I ask in reference to one of the hottest stories this week.

So yesterday, Kawira of Papa Shirandula, decided to throw Classic 105’s Maina Kageni under the bus referring to him as “a clownish Radio Presenter–who is NOT even married”. This, in regards to the relationship counsel he dishes out during his show. However, Kawira’s sentiments seemed to have stirred the beehive as Maina’s colleague at Radio Africa, Caroline Mutoko, came out guns blazing and took shots at Kawira for trying to “malign” the Classic 105 breakfast show host.

Kenyans were not left out in the drama as they weighed in on the issue with everyone taking sides with either ‘camps’.

With that in mind, my position is that nobody has to neither win nor lose. It seems to me that if a couple breaks up it could just as easily be two losers if they ended on bad terms and didn’t learn anything from the situation, as it could be two winners if they ended on good terms and learned valuable lessons about themselves in the process. In my opinion, the real winners are the gossip sites, like Ghafla!, that get another week of justified existence with all this personal clash bull*defecate*.

Celebrity world is a vicious circle; Two stars enter, one star leaves. And so on… So really taking sides is just as stupid as it can get. Kenyan celebs like the politicians are all pals, out of the public eye. Unless we are talking about Hollywood, where there are real beefs that results to guns cocking and guys getting popped up, it’s never that serious in Kenya.

Yes, they may clash in opinion over certain things in public, but that’s where it just ends. It’s all for showbiz and so when you, the fans, react (overreact) it’s a win for them. It’s one of the indicators that they are still relevant and have clout over the crowd.

The celebrity world is just so full of egos and personalities that cause some celebrities to clash. Feuds and beefs form but I can assure you that things will RARELY get ugly, even if they are under the radar and we don’t get wind of them. Why? All these are cronies.

So, stop determining the winner, Ghafla! is…