Nigerian singer Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has responded to the backlash following the resurfacing of her old tweets from over a decade.

The controversy began after Simi made a strong statement calling for rapists to be “burnt and castrated” amid the ongoing sexual assault case involving TikToker Mirabel, who later retracted her claims.

Her comments generated mixed reactions online, leading to social media users digging through Simi’s personal feed, uncovering tweets from 2012.

In some of the old posts, Simi wrote about a four-year-old having a crush on her and “acting like he wana loc lip,” and in another, she joked about the child “trying to put hand inside my shet (sic)”.

Reacting to this, Simi took to her X page to clarify the tweets.

She said, “I haven’t been on Twitter today, but someone brought a few of my old tweets to my attention, and I can’t not address it. 14 years ago, I was 23, so I was definitely not a child. I’m not here to make excuses because I don’t have anything to make excuses for. What I can’t let anyone do is twist my story to fit false narratives.”

She further explained, “In 2012, I lived and helped out at my mom’s daycare while hustling my music. I tweeted everything that happened in my life, as we all did at the time. Kids can be mischievous. If a child did something I found funny, I tweeted about it. Kids are cute and lovable. I want to hug, kiss, and cuddle them. I tweet about it. Nothing I tweeted was from perversion.”