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A Lady On Instagram, Jopearl Accuses Burna Boy Of Dating Her While Still With Stefflon Don

Following weeks of speculation that Nigerian Super Star Burna Boy was having issues with his girl friend, British rapper Stefflon Don, more stories are emerging to shed more light on happenings in Burna’s love life.

A 23-year-old girl Jo Pearl has alleged that she and Burna Boy had been secretly dating for two years even though he has been in a much publicized romance with Stefflon Don.

In a video on her Instagram page, JoPearl  said Burna Boy slid into her Instagram DM’s about two years ago. She claimed it took her two weeks to respond to Burna, as she was reluctant. However, she was convinced by her friends, and eventually replied.

The pair allegedly first met in the United Kingdom for Burna Boy’s pop-up show.

In the video, Pearl said

“I feel like what he made me feel like when I met him made me feel like love at first sight. He just gravitated towards me, he was very sweet,”

“This is somebody that wanted me around; this is somebody who I basically moved in with.”

Pearl said she moved in with Burna at his London home and their relationship went on well before Burna travelled to Nigeria in November, while in Nigeria, Pearl said Burna Boy called her every day until mid-December when she couldn’t get in contact with the singer for two weeks.

He later reached her to say that he had been hospitalized and reassured her of his love.

“He would tell me ‘I don’t know what this is that we got going on, but I like it, you are going to be my wife, I’m going to marry you. We are going to have twins; you are my sweet Salon Jollof’,”

Pearl said she started to hear of Burna’s relationship with Stefflon Don in December. Burna Boy and Stefflon Don went public with their relationship in January 2019 after they met at one of his shows in Ghana.

“I literally collapsed and cried for days, probably even weeks, I feel like the thing that hurt me the most is that from the first day I met him, he always emphasized how much he just loved black women, African women. He made me feel so good to the point; I cut my hair just recently.

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“I don’t even wear makeup to go see him, he loves my short hair, he was telling me how beautiful I am. He just truly helped boost my self-confidence in ways I didn’t think was possible and I just loved that about him.”

In May, Burna reached out to explain that he still loved her and they continued with their relationship.

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“At that point, I thought this relationship was fake anyway. I thought, there’s no way this boy is going to date someone like that only because of the things he has told me about himself. Knowing how he is so in tune with his African heritage and black women,” Pearl said.

Pearl said they never addressed the other relationship and they resumed as usual. “For the past two years we have never stopped seeing each other,” 

“It’s just been like the elephant in the room that we choose not to discuss and we just go about things like it doesn’t exist.

“I just was in love, and I have been in love for two years, and I have been seeing him for two years; I’ve just always been in the background.”

“In the past two years, he has never mentioned the person I see him with on social media to my face. That person never gets acknowledged, it’s like she doesn’t exist in our world,” 

“D, I’m just tired of protecting you,” she said, addressing Burna Boy. “I’ve got feelings too, seeing you in secret for two years has been detrimental to my mental state. “

“It’s my choice, but you guys will never understand what it is to be in my shoes.

“I didn’t do this video to hurt you. I know it will hurt you because as far as you are concerned, me and you are on good terms but I can’t do this anymore.

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